Valparaiso playa ancha radio (b) 33-04.7S 071-36.8W off air
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2243/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-07-20 12:54Z
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 77/18 161942Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-16 19:44Z. 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 -34.854, -72.365. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-06-16 19:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 77/18 161942Z JUN 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -34.854, -72.365
- 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. VALPARAISO PLAYA ANCHA RADIO (B) 33-04.7S 071-36.8W OFF AIR. 2. TALCAHUANO NAVTEX (C) 36-37.8S 073-07.0W 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- NAVTEX
- An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
101 within 180 nm since 1996 · 4 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Valparaiso radio 33-04.70S 071-36.80W dsc services off air2026-09-16
- Puerto montt radio 41-28.80S 072-57.70W off air2026-08-06
- Dart 4G buoy 35-45.40S 075-17.25W missing2026-03-31
- Dart buoy 4G 35-45.50S 075-14.40W temporarily removed2025-11-26
- NAVTEX station talcahuano (c) 36-37.75S 073-07.01W off air2025-06-16
- Cabo carranza light 35-33.60S 072-36.90W range reduced to 14 miles2025-02-03
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 06:36Z; 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.