Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inmarsat-c and e-mail inoperative
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 3267/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-06 23:27Z
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) · AUSCOAST 194/18 061825Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-06 19:37Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -19.500, 148.750. 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 3267/18 and this msg, services restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-09-06 19:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 194/18 061825Z SEP 18.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -19.500, 148.750
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. REEF VTS STATION (19-30S 148-45E) INMARSAT-C AND E-MAIL INOPERATIVE. CONTACT REEF VTS VIA VHF.
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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- VHF / channel 16
- Very high frequency marine radio; channel 16 is the international distress, safety and calling channel.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
22 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- 20 meter long tree adrift in vicinity 17-52.0S 146-13.0E at 110500Z feb2020-02-11
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inmarsat-c inoperative2020-02-09
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inoperative2019-03-31
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) inoperative2018-09-05
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) unreliable2018-09-03
- Reef vts station (19-30S 148-45E) unreliable until 030247Z oct2017-10-03
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.