Nav aids

NAVTEX station kodiak (jx) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W unable to monitor hf dsc frequencies

Gulf of Alaska · NAVAREA XII 426/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-10-09 01:05Z

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) · COGARD COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 080742Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-08 08:50Z. 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
Gulf of Alaska. The parsed report position is 57.777, -152.528. 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
2018-10-08 08:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
COGARD COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 080742Z OCT 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
COGARD COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
57.777, -152.528
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ALASKA.
ALASKA.
NAVTEX STATION KODIAK (JX) 57-46.6N 152-31.7W
UNABLE TO MONITOR HF DSC FREQUENCIES.

Reading this warning

NAVTEX
An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
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.

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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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:49Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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