Iquique radio 20-12.7S 070-09.2W mf dsc off air
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2168/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-08-19 03:53Z
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 137/17 210210Z JUN 17.. Issued 2017-06-21 02:36Z. 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 -21.945, -70.281. 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 2168/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-06-21 02:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 137/17 210210Z JUN 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -21.945, -70.281
- 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. ANTOFAGASTA RADIO 23-40.7S 070-24.5W 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.
- Dart buoy 4G 23-10.16S 072-03.96W temporarily removed2025-06-10
- Odas buoy dart 4G established in 23-10.16S 072-03.97W and unlit2023-08-08
- Odas buoy dart 4G 23-10.00S 072-02.50W temporarily removed2023-07-18
- Dart buoy 4G 23-09.78S 072-02.85W temporarily removed2020-07-02
- Dsc station iquique 20-12.68S 070-09.22W off air2020-01-24
- Antofagasta radio 23-40.7S 070-24.5W mf dsc off air 011200Z to 012100Z aug2017-08-01
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 00:04Z; 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.