Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Quiz · Safety and communications
On what frequency does the international NAVTEX service broadcast, in English, to a set like this?
A NAVTEX receiver. Its screen shows a message in English: ZCZC EB42, NITON RADIO, GALE WARNING, WIGHT PORTLAND, SW GALE 8 SOON, NNNN. Beside it is an aerial labelled with a question mark and kHz.
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518 kHz. International NAVTEX is broadcast in English on 518 kHz and gives navigational warnings, gale warnings, forecasts and search and rescue information, typically out to about 300 miles from the station. 490 kHz carries national services, often in the local language. 2182 kHz is the MF voice distress frequency and 156.8 MHz is VHF channel 16.
