Iquique radio 20-12.7S 070-09.2W mf dsc off air
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1960/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-06-25 14:21Z
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 XV 119/17 040210Z JUN 17.. Issued 2017-06-04 02:45Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -26.645, -70.883. 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 HYDROPAC 1430/17, 1960/17, 2120/17, 2161/17, 2187/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-06-04 02:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 119/17 040210Z JUN 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -26.645, -70.883
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. CHILE. DNC 07. 1. IQUIQUE RADIO 20-12.7S 070-09.2W MF DSC OFF AIR. 2. VALPARAISO PLAYA ANCHA RADIO 33-04.7S 071-36.8W ASSUMES CONTROL.
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.
- 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
21 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 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.
- NAVTEX station antofagasta (a) 23-29.47S 070-25.39W off air2024-01-19
- NAVTEX station antofagasta (a) 23-29.47S 075-25.39W off air2024-01-19
- Antofagasta radio 23-40.66S 070-24.48W off air2022-12-21
- NAVTEX station antofagasta (a) 23-29.47S 070-25.39W off air2022-07-24
- NAVTEX station antofagasta (a) 23-29.5S 070-25.4W off air2021-09-02
- NAVTEX station antofagasta (a) 23-29.5S 070-25.4W off air2021-05-26
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 05:03Z; 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.