Turkish Marine Meteorological Broadcasts For Shipping


VHF Brodcasts

Observations
Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
İstanbul TAH 0730, 0930, 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730, 1930 Ch 67 F3E 50 W Coast stations (OBS)*1 West Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea
Antalya TAL 0730, 0930, 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730, 1930 Ch 67 F3E 50 W Coast stations (OBS)*2 Mediterranean Aegean Sea
Samsun TAF 0730, 0930, 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730, 1930 Ch 67 F3E 50 W Coast stations (OBS)*3 Black Sea

(OBS)* Observation issued by marine weather stations located at the sea shores of the country.

  1. İnebolu, Zonguldak, Kumköy, Tekirdağ, Çanakkale, Gökçeada, Ayvalık, Dikili, Bodrum, İzmir, Kuşadası
  2. Ayvalık, Dikili, Bodrum, İzmir, Kuşadası, Marmaris, Finike, Antalya, Alanya, Anamur, Mersin
  3. Hopa, Rize, Trabzon, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop
Weather Bulletin
Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
İstanbul Samsun Antalya TAH
TAF
TAL
0700, 1900 Ch 67 F3E 50 W NMC Ankara General marine weather forecast bulletins for the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea (In Turkish and English)
İstanbul Samsun Antalya TAH
TAF
TAL
0900, 1930 Ch 67 F3E 50 W NMC Ankara 72 hour marine weather forecasts for the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea (In Turkish only)


Warnings
Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
İstanbul Samsun Antalya TAH
TAF
TAL
0700, 1900 Immediately when received F3E 50 W NMC Ankara or FWC Bandırma Marine weather warnings

Radio Telex (R/TLX)

Weather Bulletin
Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) İssued by Covered Area
İstanbul Samsun Antalya TAH TAF TAL 0800, 2000 4560
8431
12654
F1B 10 FWC Bandırma Marine weather forecast bulletins for the seas covered by 15°E to 50°E & 25°N to 50°N

Radio Telephone (R/TLP)

Weather Bulletin
Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
İstanbul Samsun Antalya TAH TAF TAL 1000, 1800 4405
8812
13128
J3E 10 FWC Bandırma Marine weather forecast bulletins for the seas covered by 15°E to 50°E & 25°N to 50°N

NAVTEX

Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
İstanbul TAH 0030, 0430, 0830, 1230, 1630, 2030 518 F1B 1 FWC Bandırma Sea of Marmara, Danube, Bosphorus, Dardaneles (Tr.-Eng.)
İzmir TAN 0120, 0520, 0920,1320, 1720, 2120 518 F1B 1 FWC Bandırma Aegean Sea and Jason (Tr.-Eng.)
Antalya TAL 0050, 0450, 0850,1250, 1650, 2050 518 F1B 1 FWC Bandırma Taurus (Tr.-Eng.)
Samsun TAF 0040, 0440, 0840,1240, 1640, 2040 518 F1B 1 FWC Bandırma Georgia, Danube (Tr.-Eng.)

CW-MORS - Weather Bulletin Warnings

Radio Station Call Sign Time of Broadcast (UTC) Frequency (kHz) Class Emission Power (KW) Issued by Covered Area
Bandırma YMB 20 07:00
19:00
478 CW 2.5 FWC Bandırma Marine weather forecast bulletins for the seas covered by 15°E to 50°E & 25°N to 50°N
Bandırma YMB 20 09:50
21:50
478 CW 2.5 FWC Bandırma Additional İnformation abd Warnings When Required

Furthermore the marine forecasting reports are also broadcasted through Voice of Turkish Meteorology (MSR) at 6900 Kw/s and 43.3 metres at 08 40, 14 30 and 18 50 Real Local Times.