At Kodiak, Alaska (57-46N 152-34W), U.S. Coast Guard high-frequency and digital selective calling services are unreliable.
Gulf of Alaska · NAVAREA XII 259/25
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-22 19:45Z
A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2025-05-05 19:01Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-23 15:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Gulf of Alaska. The parsed report position is 57.767, -152.567. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Alaska →
- issued
- 2025-05-05 19:01Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- sea
- Gulf of Alaska
- position
- 57.767, -152.567
- nearest port
- Kodiak · 5 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ALASKA. ALASKA. USCG REMOTE COMMUNICATION FACILITY KODIAK (J) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W HF AND DSC SERVICES UNRELIABLE.
Reading this warning
- 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
186 within 180 nm since 2001 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Uscg remote communication facility kodiak 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf and mf transmit capabilities unreliable…2026-09-22
- Weather fax services off air at uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W2025-11-13
- Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W off air 181900Z to 182000Z nov2024-11-15
- Uscg communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W hf and mf reception capabilities unreliable2024-08-21
- Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.00N 152-34.00W mf and hf transmit and receive services…2024-03-28
- Uscg remote communication facility kodiak (j) 57-46.63N 152-31.72W off air 062300Z to 070001Z mar2024-03-06
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:53Z; 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.