Navtex NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX), sometimes styled Navtex or NavTex, is an international automated medium frequency direct-printing service for delivery of navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent maritime safety inf ...

(navigation telex) is an international service that provides navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts. This list identifies some Navtex stations.

Stations

A list of Navtex stations. Please improve this list by determining the exact location of the transmission antenna! Station broadcast ranges are in

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Navarea 1 – North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 2 – East Atlantic

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 3 – Mediterranean Sea

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 4 – West Atlantic

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 5 – Brasil

No NAVTEX stations available

Navarea 6 – Argentina, Uruguay

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 7 – South Africa

518 kHz (international)

Navarea 8 – India

518 kHz (international)

Navarea 9 – Arabia

518 kHz (international)

Navarea 10 – Australia

No NAVTEX stations available. Australia distributes its messages (Maritime Safety Information — MSI) exclusively via

Inmarsat-C Inmarsat-C is a two-way, packet data service operated by the telecommunications company Inmarsat which operates between mobile earth stations (MES) and land earth stations (LES). It became fully operational after a period of pre-operational trial ...

via EGC (Enhanced Group Call) in SafetyNet.

Navarea 11 – East Asia

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national) 424 kHz (Transmissions in Japanese language)

Navarea 12 – Eastern Pacific

518 kHz (international) 490 kHz (national)

Navarea 13 – Russia

518 kHz (international)

Navarea 14 – New Zealand, Southern Pacific

No NAVTEX stations available.

Navarea 15 – Chile

518 kHz (international)

Navarea 16 – Peru

518 kHz (international)

Navtex on 4 MHz (4209.5 kHz)

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Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

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Haiphong Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

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La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...

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Salina Cruz Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the I ...

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External links

Navtex station lists & information * http://www.ndblist.info/datamodes.htm
(archive)
: NDBLIST - The NAVTEX DX Section, last updated 24 November 2011. * http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/European-And-Mediterranean-Navtex-Schedules *https://www.guardiacostiera.gov.it/mezzi-e-tecnologie/Pages/rete-navtex.aspx Italian Navtex Stations Navigational equipment Maritime communication Telegraphy Navigational aids