Nav aids

RACON at cabenda buoy 51-33.4N 003-52.2W inoperative

Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 1062/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-06-19 15:59Z

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) · WZ 750/02 081243Z MAY 02; WZ 747/02 080627Z MAY 02; NAVAREA V 584/02 081229Z MAY 02. Issued 2002-05-08 16:03Z. 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
Bristol Channel. The parsed report position is 51.557, -3.870. 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
2002-05-08 16:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 750/02 081243Z MAY 02; WZ 747/02 080627Z MAY 02; NAVAREA V 584/02 081229Z MAY 02
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
WZ
sea
Bristol Channel
position
51.557, -3.870
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 36143 (4TH ED).
1. RACON AT CABENDA BUOY 51-33.4N 003-52.2W INOPERATIVE.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1019/02(37), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1035/02(24).

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
RACON (radar beacon)
A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
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.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1739 within 180 nm since 1997 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:21Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

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