GPS jamming exercises 0900Z to 1700Z daily 26 thru 30 sep in area within 12 miles of 51-38.77N 004-47.50W
Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 2434/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-09-30 18:00Z
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 987/22 260301Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-26 05:57Z. 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 51.646, -4.792 with a 12.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bristol Channel →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-26 09:00Z | 2022-09-26 17:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2022-09-27 09:00Z | 2022-09-27 17:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2022-09-28 09:00Z | 2022-09-28 17:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2022-09-29 09:00Z | 2022-09-29 17:00Z | — | 8 h |
| 2022-09-30 09:00Z | 2022-09-30 17:00Z | — | 8 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-09-26 05:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-09-30 18:00Z
- authority
- WZ 987/22 260301Z SEP 22.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Bristol Channel
- position
- 51.646, -4.792 · r 12.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRISTOL CHANNEL. WALES. DNC 20. 1. GPS JAMMING EXERCISES 0900Z TO 1700Z DAILY 26 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA WITHIN 12 MILES OF 51-38.77N 004-47.50W. IN AN EMERGENCY CONTACT AUTHORITY PHONE: 077 9217 0394. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301800Z SEP 22.
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.
- GNSS / GPS
- Satellite positioning — GPS and other systems — and the testing, jamming and interference that make it unreliable in an area.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
1706 within 180 nm since 1997 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Bull point light in 51-12.00N 004-12.10W unreliable2026-09-24
- Fowey light 50-19.60N 004-38.90W unreliable2026-07-27
- Balbriggan island light 53-36.80N 006-10.80W unreliable2024-09-25
- Mf r/t and dsc services at scillies site 49-55.70N 006-18.20W off air2024-09-05
- Fog signal at mumbles head light 51-34.00N 003-58.30W inoperative2024-04-26
- Isle of man light 54-03.70N 004-48.00W unlit2024-04-25
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:05Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.