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Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 05-38.8N 143-11.3E at 150147Z feb

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 288/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-16 09:56Z

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) · GUAMSARCOORD 150155Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-15 02:41Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 5.647, 143.188. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 288/08 · this notice2008-02-15 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 291/082008-02-16 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 294/082008-02-16 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2008-02-15 02:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
GUAMSARCOORD 150155Z FEB 08.
issued by
GUAMSARCOORD
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
5.647, 143.188
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ IN
05-38.8N 143-11.3E AT 150147Z FEB.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO U.S COAST GUARD GUAM,
TELEX: 230 392 401, PHONE: 671 339 6100,
FAX: 671 339 6210, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

Distress signal received
A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

61 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 18:40Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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