Magallanes Radio in Chile at 53-09.92S 070-54.28W is off air, with medium and high frequency digital selective calling unavailable.
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 527/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-17 00:00Z
The stored record marks this notice cancelled. The cancellation basis does not establish that the reported hazard was removed.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force lists, Wayback Machine snapshots (2024-06 → 2026-04 gap backfill). Issued 2026-02-22 01:44Z. First collected 2026-04-17 16:00Z; last seen in collection 2026-04-17 16:00Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -53.165, -70.905. 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
- Magallanes radio 53-09.90S 070-54.30W hf, mf and radiotelex off airlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-02-22 01:44Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -53.165, -70.905
- source
- NGA MSI in-force lists, Wayback Machine snapshots (2024-06 → 2026-04 gap backfill) · first seen 2026-04-17 16:00Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. CHILE. DNC 07. MAGALLANES RADIO 53-09.92S 070-54.28W MF AND HF DSC OFF AIR.
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
67 within 180 nm since 1999 · 7 in the last 12 months · 3 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.
- RACON at isla falgate light 52-54.90S 073-49.80W inoperative2026-09-16
- Magallanes radio 53-09.92S 070-54.28W mf and hf dsc receive services off air2026-08-26
- Magallanes radio 53-09.90S 070-54.30W hf, mf and radiotelex off air2026-08-05
- Isla magdalena light 52-55.10S 070-30.30W missing2026-04-17
- Magallanes radio 53-09.92S 070-54.28W off air2025-12-01
- Isla centinela light 53-05.10S 073-35.10W unlit2025-11-17
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
- Magallanes radio 53-09.92S 070-54.28W mf and hf dsc receive services off airNav aids · 0 nm
- Magallanes radio 53-09.90S 070-54.30W hf, mf and radiotelex off airNav aids · 0 nm
- Isla magdalena light 52-55.10S 070-30.30W missingNav aids · 20.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:11Z; 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.