Butt of lewis 58-28N 006-14W dsc inoperative
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland · HYDROLANT 900/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-05-29 13:51Z
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 793/08 282136Z MAY 08.. Issued 2008-05-29 00:29Z. 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 58.467, -6.233. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 852/08, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland →
- issued
- 2008-05-29 00:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 793/08 282136Z MAY 08.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
- position
- 58.467, -6.233
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BUTT OF LEWIS 58-28N 006-14W DSC INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- DSC (Digital Selective Calling)
- The digital radio alert built into modern marine radios — one button sends a distress alert with the vessel's identity and position.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
1792 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 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 service off air at tiree 56-30.20N 006-57.80W2026-08-08
- Noup head light 59-19.90N 003-04.20W range reduced to 12 miles2026-08-05
- Dsc services at glengorm site 56-37.90N 006-08.00W off air2024-04-29
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 07:45Z; 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.