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Practice Your NAVRULES!
Presented below is a randomly selected NAVRULE problem from our flashcard database. In many cases, what is presented are words or phrases, and you should think of the definition or definitions that meet the condition(s) of the words or phrases. Then, click on the image to obtain the correct answer(s).
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In response to the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, the U.S. Coast Guard recommends, as a precaution, that vessels avoid transiting within 20 kilometers/10.8 nautical miles of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (37°25.5'N, 141°02.0'E)...read the latest HYDROPAC / NAVAREA XII. (PDF, 114kB) |
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A meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee States and Local Government Subcommittee will be held in, Austin, TX on the 13th of June. An initial agenda is being developed and will be posted here in the near future. CGSIC meetings are free and open to the public. You are encouraged to attend this interesting day of presentations providing current information related to the U.S. GPS Program. |
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A SPECIAL NOTICE has been published advising that calls to the Coast Guard on the international radiotelephone distress frequency 2182 kHz may not be reliably received by the Coast Guard...read the notice here.
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On March 14, 2012, the International Hydrographic Organization published a safety notice about the reliable operations of the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). This notice is available for downloading and viewing (PDF).
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CONSUMER ALERT: Using or importing cell jammers, GPS jammers, or other jamming devices is illegal. Please read Public Notice Doc. 39135/1, which is a consumer alert advising consumers of the law and penalties regarding jamming. |
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The U.S. Coast Guard advises that effective 2359 UTC 31 March 2012 it will terminate On Call Ship/Shore HF Radiotelex (SITOR) services currently being provided by its Guam Mariana Islands Communications Station (NRV)...see the entire notice.
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