District ATON Department

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ATON Presentation 2004 Fall District
Conference Mark Ratliff DSO-AN 7
Photo by R. Daniel FSO-AN12-8
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DISTRICT 7ATON DEPARTMENT for 2004

• Mark Ratliff, DSO-AN
• Assisting Divisions 2,10,12,and 16
• Cheryl Roock, ADSO-AN
• Assisting Divisions 3, 6, and 13
• Rodney Reinhold, ADSO-AN
• Assisting Divisions 1, 7, and 9
• Roy Bellas, ADSO-AN
• Assisting Divisions 8, 11, and 15
• Geraldine Way, ADSO-AN
• Assisting Divisions 4, 5, and 14

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DISTRICT STATISTICSNumber of ATON Reports
submitted.(2002 totals include late reports
from 2001 )
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Division Statistics-Page 1Number of ATON Reports
Submitted (2002 totals include late reports
from 2001 )
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Division Statistics-Page 2
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Chart Maintenance
Slide Courtesy of Ed Martin, BC-ONC
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Chart Updating Reports
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Slide Courtesy of Ed Martin, BC-ONC
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Status of Auxiliarys Chart Updating Web Site
(CUWEB)

• The development of the NOAA Chart Updating
  Website is on hold due to limited Auxiliary
  participation in chart updating activities.
• Only 96 members in Auxiliary participate.
• Only 34 members of D7 participate
• The Marine Chart Division will undertake a cost
  benefit analysis to see if further development is
  warranted.
• Auxiliary will continue to use NOAA 77-5 Form.

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What is Adopt A Chart?

• An Adjunct of the NOS/USCG Auxiliary chart
  updating program. In this program
• A Flotilla adopts a chart or chart section.
• The Flotilla continually and completely covers
  that chart area, and submits reports on that
  chart.
• When a significant number of reports has been
  received by NOS, a note is added to the chart
  acknowledging the participation of that Flotilla.

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Status of National Adopt-A-Chart Program

• 34 Flotillas have adopted 45 of NOAAs 1020
  nautical charts.
• 4 Flotillas in D7 have adopted all or parts of 8
  charts.
• Only 13 of these flotillas have submitted reports
  within the last two years.
• 3 Flotillas in D7 have submitted reports within
  the last two years.

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Congratulations To Flotilla 46!!!

• Flotilla 46 partially adopted chart 11485 in
  October 2003. They have already earned enough
  credits to have the acknowledgment note put on
  the chart!

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ATON Forms Manuals

• Continue to use the old version of the CG-5474 to
  report all ATON/PATON Verifications and
  Discrepancies
• According to the National Division Chief, the new
  ATON form should be up by the first of the
  year.
• ATON/CU Study Guide (1995) is still the approved
  version. A DRAFT copy(2003) can be found on the
  D7 website.
• The earliest the new Guide could be ready is
  early Spring of 2005.

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Routing of Forms

• Routing remains unchanged for 2004.
• CG 5474
• Copy 1 to ANT or Bridge Section
• Copy 2 and 3 to DSO-AN
• Copy 4 to FSO-AN
• Copy 5 kept by observer
• NOAA 77-5
• Copy 1 and 3 to DSO-AN
• Copy 2 kept by observer
• Copy 4 to FSO-AN

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Changes for 2004

• Hard Copies of Light Lists are no longer being
  distributed.
• The Navigation Center web site (www.navcen.uscg.go
  v) is a source for
• Corrected Light List
• Local Notices to Mariners and Summaries
• Light List Nav Aid Reference

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ATON/CU LINKS (Last Verified Oct 9, 2004)

• Searchable USCG LIGHT LIST-VOLUME III(2004)
• http//164.214.12.145/pubs/USCGLL/pubs_j_uscgll_s
  ections.html?rid1180
• Complete USCG LIGHT LIST(2004)
• http//www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V3COMP
  LETE.pdf
• USCG LIGHT LIST NAV AID REFERENCE, (2004)
• http//www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/Ref200
  4w.pdf
• Local Notice to Mariners, District 7
• http//www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/d7/

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ATON/CU Links -Part 2

• V. National Aids to Navigation and Chart
  Updating Study Guide, 1995
• http//www.cgaux.org/auxweb/operations.aton2000.p
  df
• VI. NOAA Form 77-5 and Directions
• http//www.cgaux.org/forms/archive/a7037.pdf
• VII. Aids to Navigation Report----CG 5474(AUX)
• http//www.cgaux.org/forms/archive/a7054.pdf

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ATON/CU Links -Part 3

• VII. Latest Report From the DSO-AN
• http//cgaux7.org/articles_dso-an.asp
• IX. Access to NOS products
• http//www.nos.noaa.gov/
• http//chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/charts.htm
• http//chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/mcd/dole.htm
  
• http//chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/chartlst.htm
• http//chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot.htm
  
• X. Bridge Lighting and Other Signals
• http//uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opt/g-opt.htm

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Common Problems in Completion of ATON
ReportsForm CG-5474

• LLNR not present or incorrect
• Aid is named improperly
• Out-of-date Light List used-therefore wrong LLP
  reported
• No Latitude/Longitude reported
• Latitude/Longitude not reported in D.M.S.
• Division and Flotilla not recorded on 5474

• Most of these problems can be remedied by proper
  use of the current Light List.

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Using the Light List.A Quick Lesson

• There are Eight(8) column headings on each page
  in the Light List. These are
• NO.
• Name and Location
• Position
• Characteristic
• Height
• Range
• Structure
• Remarks

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Column Designations
Column (1) No. (LLNR)
LLNRs are assigned to all aids.

Aids are numbered by fives by order of
appearance in LL.

Other numbers and decimal fractions are used for
newly established aids.

Aids are renumbered periodically to assign whole
numbers to all.

Aids are assigned two numbers when they appear
in several sections of the LL.

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Column (2) Name and Location.

• A dash (-) is used to indicate the bold heading
  is part of the name of the aid to navigation.

• When reporting defects or making reference to
  such aids to navigation in correspondence, the
  full name of the aid, including the geographic
  heading, should be given.

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Light List Volume III, 2004 (page 27)

(1) (2)
No.
Name and Location


Charleston Entrance (Chart 11523) Charleston
Harbor 2370 Charleston Entrance 200 Lighted
Whistle Buoy C 2370.1 -Channel Lighted
Buoy 1
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(1) (2)
No. Name and Location
Charleston
Harbor 2370 Charleston Entrance 200 Lighted
Whistle Buoy C 2370.1 -Channel Lighted
Buoy 1

• Use the first two columns of a light list page
  shown above to answer the following questions.
• What is the name of the ATON with LLNR 2370?
• Charleston Entrance Lighted Whistle Buoy C
• 2. What is the name of ATON with LLNR 2370.1?
• Charleston Harbor Channel Lighted Buoy 1
• Hint Dont forget the meaning of the Dash!

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Column (3) Position

• Geographic position of the aid to navigation is
  given as latitude and longitude to the nearest
  second.
• Position is approximate and is intended only to
  facilitate locating the aid on the chart.
• Many GPS units are set to give position in
  degrees and decimal minutes. Convert decimal
  minutes to seconds before entering Lat/Lon on the
  CG 5474(AUX) form.
• You can avoid the math by presetting your GPS to
  give readings in DMS.

EXAMPLE Convert 2530.567 to DMS
Multiply the decimal fraction by 60
.567 X 60 34.02, therefore
2530.567 is equivalent to 253034
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Column (4) Characteristic

• Light Characteristic (timing sequence) for a
  lighted aid to navigation.
• Morse code characteristic for a radiobeacon.
• When checking the timing on lights, remember
  there is a 6 allowable variation.

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Column (5) Height
Height above the water from the focal plane of
the fixed Light to mean high water listed in
feet.
Column (6) Range
Nominal Range of lighted aids to navigation, in
nautical miles, listed by color for alternating
sector and passing lights. Not listed for ranges,
directional lights, or private aids to navigation.
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Column (7) Structure
Structural characteristics of the aid to
navigation to include

• Dayboard,( if any) i.e., see Nav Aid Reference
  2004
• 1st letter S,T, J, M,C, K,N
• 2nd letter (color) G,B,Y,R,W
• 3rd letter (range center stripe color)
• intracoastal information follows dash(-) -I,
  -SY, -TY

• Description of fixed structure
• see Nav Aid Reference 2004

• Color and type of buoy

• Height of structure above ground

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Column (8) Remarks
General remarks, including

• Fog signal characteristic

• RACON characteristic

• Light sectors arc of visibility

• Radar reflector if installed on fixed structure

• Emergency lights

• Seasonal remarks

• Private aid identification

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Aux 06 National ATON SchoolGeneral Information

• This three-day School is held at RTC Yorktown, VA
  each Spring.
• Aimed at both new and accomplished Auxiliarists
  with an interest in the ATON program.
• Does not lead to AV qualified status. I recommend
  prior completion of a District approved Aid
  Verifier program before you attend.
• This year it is open only to those who have never
  attended this C School before.
• Selection is on a first-come basis with the
  recommendation of the District DSO-AN. APPLY
  EARLY!

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Aux 06 Application Process

• Complete a Short Term Training Request (CG 5223).
• Submit completed forms to your District
  Directors Office.
• Orders are issued from Headquarters (not
  District).
• All expenses are reimbursed and housing is
  provided. (Be prepared to schedule your own
  flight arrangements.)