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Weather radio in Greenland

Greenland has 3 NAVTEX stations and 1 VHF coast station. Kook Island (Nuuk) NAVTEX [W] transmits at 03:40, 07:40, 11:40, 15:40, 19:40 and 23:40 UTC.

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NAVTEX 3

Automatic text broadcasts on 518 kHz, printed by a NAVTEX receiver on board. Each station has fixed time slots.

Kook Island (Nuuk) NAVTEX [W]

NAVTEX station [W] in NAV/MET area IV, 300 nm range. Six fixed time slots a day carry navigational warnings and meteorological information.

Operator: Greenland (Denmark) (NAVTEX coast station)
Position: 64°04.00'N 052°01.00'W (antenna), NAV/MET area IV
Frequencies: 518 kHz
Language: English

Broadcast times as published

03:40, 07:40, 11:40, 15:40, 19:40, 23:40 UTCNAVTEX slot: navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts (which slots carry a forecast varies by station)

Simiutaq NAVTEX [M]

NAVTEX station [M] in NAV/MET area IV, 300 nm range. Six fixed time slots a day carry navigational warnings and meteorological information.

Operator: Greenland (Denmark) (NAVTEX coast station)
Position: 60°41.00'N 046°35.00'W (antenna), NAV/MET area IV
Frequencies: 518 kHz
Language: English

Broadcast times as published

02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 UTCNAVTEX slot: navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts (which slots carry a forecast varies by station)

Upernavik NAVTEX [I]

NAVTEX station [I] in NAV/MET area XVIII, 300 nm range. Six fixed time slots a day carry navigational warnings and meteorological information.

Operator: Greenland (Denmark) (NAVTEX coast station)
Position: 72°47.00'N 056°09.00'W (antenna), NAV/MET area XVIII
Frequencies: 518 kHz
Language: English

Broadcast times as published

01:20, 05:20, 09:20, 13:20, 17:20, 21:20 UTCNAVTEX slot: navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts (which slots carry a forecast varies by station)

VHF / MF / HF coast radio 1

Spoken broadcasts by the coast radio station on VHF working channels, and on MF and HF for longer range, announced first on channel 16 or 2182 kHz. HF radiofax (charts) is a separate type.

Aasiaat Radio (Greenland)

Gale and storm warnings and ice-accretion warnings for Greenland waters, read on all of Aasiaat Radio's working channels four times a day.

Operator: Aasiaat Radio (Tusass / Telepost)
Position: Aasiaat (approximate)
Frequencies: HF channels 409 and 608
VHF channels: all working channels (see ITU List IV)
Announced: Announced on 2182 kHz and VHF ch. 16 shortly after the silence period
Language: English, Greenlandic and Danish

Broadcast times as published

06:05, 11:05, 16:05, 21:05 America/Nuuk⛅Gale, storm and ice-accretion warningsall VHF/MF working channels, HF ch. 409 and 608