Coast Guard considers dropping radio-based NAVTEX system
by Thomas from The SWLing Post on (#4VBD3)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who shares the following article from Alaska Public Media: For decades, the Coast Guard's NAVTEX towers have broadcast from Cape Cod to Kodiak Island. The global system broadcasts weather and safety information to boats large and small. The International Maritime Organization developed the NAVTEX system decades ago as ["]