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Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W radiofacsimile inoperative

Davis Strait · HYDROARC 344/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-12-27 23:58Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XVIII 149/16 210343Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-21 03:53Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 63.730, -68.545. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-12-21 03:53Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVIII 149/16 210343Z DEC 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Davis Strait
position
63.730, -68.545
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
CANADA-NORTHEAST COAST.
RADIO SERVICES.
DNC 28.
1. MCTS IQALUIT 63-43.8N 068-32.7W RADIOFACSIMILE
   INOPERATIVE.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 191/16.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROARC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

31 within 180 nm since 2008 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:50Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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