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Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland · HYDROLANT 583/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-04-09 01:00Z

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 385/11 062305Z APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-07 00:39Z. 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: Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. The parsed report position is 57.867, -5.683 with a 35.0 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 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland →

issued: 2011-04-07 00:39Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-04-09 01:00Z
authority: WZ 385/11 062305Z APR 11.
issued by: WZ
sea: Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
position: 57.867, -5.683 · r 35.0 nm
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTLAND-NORTHWEST COAST.
GPS SATELLITE SYSTEM.
1. GPS JAMMING EXERCISES 0200Z TO 0500Z,
   1000Z TO 1100Z, 1330Z TO 1530Z,
   AND 2000Z TO 2359Z APR
   WITHIN 35 MILES OF 57-52N 005-41W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090100Z APR.

Reading this warning

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.

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

1905 within 180 nm since 1998 · 7 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.

Dubh artach light 56-08.0N 006-38.1W unreliable2026-09-17
Dubh artach light 56-08.00N 006-38.10W unreliable2026-09-16
RACON at hyskeir light 56-58.20N 006-40.80W inoperative2026-08-28
Mf dsc and r/t services off air at: a. cullercoats 55-04.40N 001-27.80W2026-08-24
Mf dsc and r/t services off air at: a. cullercoats 55-04.40N 001-27.80W2026-08-16
Mf dsc service off air at tiree 56-30.20N 006-57.80W2026-08-08

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

134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:56Z; 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.