NW-C-4442-26
SÉCURITÉPrescott MCTS AIS and VHF CH16/CH24 inoperative at Trafalgar, Lake Ontario 22 Oct
No longer in forceReceived 22 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTCArchived 22 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTC
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Positions open on the mapNW-C-4442-26
Date
2026-10-22 11:00 UTC
Status
Published
Title
MCTS VHF Services
Areas
Lake Ontario
Categories
MCTS VHF Services
Description
Prescott MCTS. Transmit and receive services on AIS, VHF RT CH16 and VHF RT CH24 located at Trafalgar inoperative from 221300 UTC Oct 2026 until 221900 UTC Oct 2026 for maintenance.
Position
43° 29.683'N 079° 43.800'W (Trafalgar)
Charts
2086(WGS84)
Location map
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No longer in forcePrescott MCTS transmit and receive services on AIS and VHF RT channels 16 and 24 at Trafalgar will be inoperative for maintenance. The outage is scheduled for 22 Oct 2026 from 1300 to 1900 UTC. Position given as 43° 29.683'N 079° 43.800'W (Trafalgar). Mariners should be aware that normal MCTS VHF communications will be unavailable during this period.
Exercise caution; use alternative means of contact and monitor other available VHF channels or other MCTS centres.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Lake Ontario (Trafalgar)
- Validity
- From 22 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC
Until 22 Oct 2026, 19:00 UTCfrom 221300 UTC Oct 2026 until 221900 UTC Oct 2026 - Activity periods
- 22 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC - 22 Oct 2026, 19:00 UTC (Prescott MCTS AIS and VHF RT CH16 and CH24 inoperative for maintenance)
- Hazards
- MCTS VHF services inoperative, AIS inoperative, VHF RT CH16 inoperative, VHF RT CH24 inoperative
- Charts
- 2086(WGS84)
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC TrentonCanada102 NM from the area
- RCCRCC BostonUnited States388 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TrafalgarJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM0 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station FonthillJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM32 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station OrilliaJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM68 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station MeafordJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160031VHF 40range 40 NM71 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CobourgJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM74 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 22 Oct 2026, 12:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
KeywordsINOPERATIVE