Used to fulfil one of the functional requirements of GMDSS to TX/RX MSI Very important within GMDSS Used to receive MSI in Sea Area Ai & Range 200 - 400 nautical miles TX/RX frequency of Navtex system is 518 4gokHz a second located frequency { Zz onal Tx ina second language© The world is divided into 16 areas called Navareas * Within these Navareas are several Navtex stations transmitting Navtex _ MSI Each Navtex station is identified bya single letter character (A-Z) ‘The character is always a part of the message preamble:NAVT f Navtex message -has the ability to select which message to print out ’ x echnical code (preamble) — Bi, B2, eg on (ear o select 2 stationNAVTEX CATEGORILS OF NAVTEX MESSAGES: Navigational Warnings: Meteorological Warnings: A B & D E i G H I J K L M- -U WageNAVT e B3 & Bq is ‘0’ irrespective of the broade: s will print out that message, once in EX range. pe messages (SAR - information) will always be numbered ‘oo’ isting station then alll ies cannot be rejected ¢INAV | 2S performance standardaifor NBDP RX used for MSI comprises of: - rNAVT uipment should be able to store at |east 30 identification (headeris considered to be ror rate is below 4%.