NAVTEX (Navigational Text Message)
NAVTEX ist a system for the broadcast and automatic reception of maritime safety information by means of a narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy. NAVTEX provides shipping with navigational and meteorological warnings and urgent information through automatic printouts from a dedicated receiver.
Schnoor Industrieelektronik has installed a NAVTEX broadcast station for the German Weather Service (Deutschen Wetterdienst) in Pinneberg (in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein). The transmission power of 1000 W is radiated by a 99 meter high antenna to obtain coverage of more than 300 kilometres.
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