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Communications

RADIOTELEPHONY

Estonian waters are served by the coastal radio station “Tallinn Radio".

This radio station can be contacted on the following numbers:
Phone: +372 693 2742;
Fax: +372 693 2741
E-mail: tallinnradio@riks.ee
Telex: 173624
MMSI: 002 761 000
Call sign: Tallinn Radio

The entire Estonian sea area A1 is covered by Tallinn Radio’s 12 VHF relay stations. Tallinn Radio keeps a 24 h listening watch on VHF channels 16 (156.800 MHz) and 70 (DSC 156.525 MHz).
Channel 69 is designated for use by the State Fleet and for the transmission of weather forecasts and navigational warnings.

There is a duplex working channel at every relay station for public correspondence.

Tallinn Radio also operates on medium and low frequencies:
Transmits Receives Time
2182 kHz 2182 kHz 24 h
4420 kHz 4128 kHz 22.40-06.40 UTC
8761 kHz 8237 kHz 24 h
13101 kHz 12254 kHz 24 h
17359 kHz 16477 kHz 06.40-22.40 UTC

Weather forecasts and navigational warnings

Tallinn Radio transmits weather and navigational information for seafarers:

Message Frequency and channel Time
Local weather forecast 1650 kHz / VHF ch. 69 06.33 LT
15.33 LT

Navigational and gale 3310 kHz / VHF ch. 69 02.33 UTC
warnings 06.33 UTC
10.33 UTC
14.33 UTC
18.33 UTC
22.33 UTC

NAVTEX

Navtex messages are transmitted on frequency 518 kHz to cover the Navtex U area of the Baltic Sea. Terrestrial telex messages from the Swedish Maritime Administration are relayed via Suurupi transmission station to the Baltic area:
03.20 UTC
07.20 UTC (weather forecast)
11.20 UTC
15.20 UTC
19.20 UTC (weather forecast)
23.20 UTC

Stockholm Radio forecast areas:

B1 Bay of Bothnia
B2 The Quark
B3 Sea of Bothnia
B4 Sea of Åland and Åland Archipelago
B5 Gulf of Finland
B6 Gulf of Riga
B7 Northern Baltic
B8 Central Baltic
B9 Southeastern Baltic
B10 Southern Baltic
B11 Western Baltic
B12 The Belts and The Sound
B13 Kattegat
B14 Skagerrak
B15 Vänern