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SÉCURITÉVHF R/T service from Dunnet Head site off air (MRCC Shetland)
No longer in forceReceived 25 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTCArchived 26 Oct 2026, 22:01 UTC
Warning text
Positions open on the mapGMDSS.
MRCC SHETLAND.
VHF R/T SERVICE FROM DUNNET HEAD SITE 58-40.30N 003-22.60W OFF AIR.
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No longer in forceMRCC Shetland advises that the VHF radiotelephone service from the Dunnet Head site is off air. The site position is given as 58-40.3N 003-22.6W. No times or restoration estimate are provided.
Exercise caution and use alternative means of distress/urgency communication; monitor other MRCC frequencies or contact MRCC Shetland by alternative channels if possible.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Dunnet Head site (58-40.3N 003-22.6W)
- Hazards
- VHF radiotelephone service outage, reduced GMDSS coverage from Dunnet Head
Contacts
- MRCC SHETLAND · issuing authority
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRSC StornowayUnited Kingdom99 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC AberdeenUnited Kingdom100 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC ShetlandUnited Kingdom112 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Dunnet HeadMRCC AberdeenUnited KingdomMMSI 002320004VHF 30range 30 NM0 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Noss HeadMRCC AberdeenUnited KingdomMMSI 002320004VHF 22range 22 NM15 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station ThrumsterMRCC AberdeenUnited KingdomMMSI 002320004VHF 39range 39 NM19 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Wideford HillMRSC ShetlandUnited KingdomMMSI 002320001VHF 44range 44 NM22 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Ben TongueMRCC AberdeenUnited KingdomMMSI 002320004VHF 50range 50 NM34 NM from the area
Aids to navigation affected
- Off stationDunnet Head VHF R/T site · 58-40.3N 003-22.6W
No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 26 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
KeywordsOFF AIR