Nav aids

RACON at lacrosse island light 14-44S 128-18E inoperative

Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 915/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-06-20 09:20Z

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 166/01 160613Z JUN 01. Issued 2001-06-16 07:40Z. 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
Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -14.733, 128.300. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2001-06-16 07:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSCOAST 166/01 160613Z JUN 01
issued by
AUSCOAST
sea
Timor Sea
position
-14.733, 128.300
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 74440 (3RD ED).
RACON AT LACROSSE ISLAND LIGHT 14-44S 128-18E INOPERATIVE.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
RACON (radar beacon)
A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

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