Meteorology · GMDSS Weather — NAVTEX
NAVTEX broadcasts maritime safety information, including weather, automatically on which primary international frequency?
- A156.8 MHz (VHF Ch 16)
- B2182 kHz
- C518 kHz (in English)✓ Correct
- D121.5 MHz
Explanation
NAVTEX delivers navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts via narrow-band direct printing on 518 kHz in English (490 kHz is used for national/local-language broadcasts) out to roughly 200–400 nm from the coast.
Authority: IMO GMDSS; SOLAS Chapter IV; WMO
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