Nav aids

The GPS navigation signal may be unreliable until 27 mar due to interference testing on GPS frequencies used…

NAVAREA XII 111/08

issued
2008-03-26 11:41Z
status
cancelled 2008-03-28 00:00Z (archive)
authority
COGARD NAVCEN 250932Z MAR 08.
position
36.016, -117.608 · r 317.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. THE GPS NAVIGATION SIGNAL MAY BE UNRELIABLE
   UNTIL 27 MAR DUE TO INTERFERENCE TESTING ON
   GPS FREQUENCIES USED IN SHIPBOARD NAVIGATION
   AND HANDHELD SYSTEMS. GPS SYSTEMS THAT RELY
   ON GPS, SUCH AS E-911, AIS AND DSC, MAY BE
   AFFECTED WITHIN 317 MILES OF 36-00-56.3N
   117-36-27.8W. DURING THIS PERIOD GPS USERS ARE
   ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY GPS SERVICE OUTAGES
   THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE DURING THIS TESTING VIA
   THE NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE (NIS) BY CALLING
   703 313 5900 OR BY USING THE NAVCEN'S WEB SITE'S
   GPS REPORT A PROBLEM WORKSHEET AT WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 MAR.

This area · aids-to-navigation notices

37 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

00
05
10
15
20
24

Season · when aids-to-navigation notices happen here

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

193 aids-to-navigation notices in force · see all

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.