Meteorology · Weather Broadcasts — NAVTEX
NAVTEX is used at sea to receive:
- AVoice phone calls
- BAutomated text navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts✓ Correct
- CRadar images
- DSatellite television
Explanation
NAVTEX (518 kHz international) automatically prints navigational warnings, weather forecasts/warnings, and search-and-rescue information for coastal waters as part of GMDSS, without operator action.
Authority: IMO GMDSS; Bowditch (Pub. No. 9)
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