NAVTEX messages are broadcast by which organizations?

• A. CG CAMS, COMMSTA Kodiak, Sector Guam and Sector San Juan
• B. NOAA Weather Radio and UK MCA
• C. NAVAREA IV Coordination Center and USCG Sector New Orleans
• D. COSPAS-SARSAT and INSARAG

Answer: (A)

NAVTEX is a dedicated maritime safety information broadcast system that delivers navigational and meteorological warnings to ships via coast stations. In the United States, these NAVTEX messages are broadcast by Coast Guard shore facilities that operate the NAVTEX transmitters. The stations listed—CG CAMS, COMMSTA Kodiak, Sector Guam, and Sector San Juan—are the Coast Guard transmitters responsible for delivering NAVTEX messages in their areas of responsibility. Other options involve agencies that don’t handle NAVTEX broadcasting: NOAA Weather Radio provides weather broadcasts on VHF; the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency manages UK NAVTEX but not US broadcasts; NAVAREA IV Coordination Center coordinates warnings rather than transmitting them; and COSPAS-SARSAT and INSARAG pertain to search-and-rescue operations, not NAVTEX transmission.