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Communications RADIOTELEPHONY
Estonian waters are served by the coastal radio station “Tallinn Radio".
Phone: +372 6991170;
Fax: +372 6991171
E-mail: tallinnradio@riks.ee
Telex: 173624
MMSI: 002 761 000
Call sign: Tallinn Radio
Telex over radio - service temporarily stopped.
The entire Estonian sea area A1 is covered by Tallinn Radio’s 12 VHF relay stations.
Channel 16 - for transmitting distress signals and as a calling channel, transmitting messages of the safety of navigation and rescue communication.
Channel 70 - for automatic distress calls in compliance with the GMDSS requirements and as a DSC (digital selective calling) channel.
Channel 69 is designated for use by the State Fleet and for the transmission of weather forecasts, storm warnings and navigational warnings.
There is a duplex working channel (1, 3, 20, 26, 27) at every relay station.
Weather forecasts and navigational warnings:
Gale warnings - after SP
Local weather forecasts - 1650 kHz / VHF 69 Ch at 06.33 (LT) 15.33 (LT)
Navigational warnings - 3310 kHz / VHF 69 Ch at
02.33 (UTC)
06.33 (UTC)
10.33 (UTC)
14.33 (UTC)
18.33 (UTC)
22.33 (UTC)
Harbour information:
VHF 69 Ch, after the weather report at 06.33 (LT) and 15.33 (LT) in Estonian and in English, during the period June 1 – September 30.
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
WEATHER FACSIMILE
A good station for the Baltic Sea is Offenbach (Main) / Pinneberg (DDH) (DDK) on frequecies 3855 kHz, 7880 kHz and 13882.5 kHz.
INTERNET
Weather forecasts via the Internet can be accessed from the following web addresses:
http://www.emhi.ee
http://www.hot.ee/eka/ilm.htm
http://www.ilm.ee
http://theyr.net
13.05.2011
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