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Other weather inf<strong>or</strong>mationAdditional f<strong>or</strong>ecasts f<strong>or</strong> small craft operating in local waters arebroadcast by Radio <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> community stations and n<strong>or</strong>mallyread with scheduled news programmes, which may vary in length.Some private radio stations also broadcast local f<strong>or</strong>ecasts.Marine weather inf<strong>or</strong>mation is also available from MetService<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>’s <strong>web</strong>site at www.metservice.co.nz.Many private coastal stations also broadcast local marine weatherand safety inf<strong>or</strong>mation.Facsimile weather charts are broadcast on MF/HF daily. A scheduleof this service is broadcast daily at 1100 and 2300 UTC (Co<strong>or</strong>dinatedUniversal Time) on 5807kHz.Medical adviceMedical advice may be obtained by transmitting a message to any ofthe coastal VHF stations of <strong>Maritime</strong> Radio <strong>or</strong> by SSB to Taupo <strong>Maritime</strong>Radio/ZLM.The stations will f<strong>or</strong>ward the message to RCCNZ, which will contactthe appropriate medical auth<strong>or</strong>ity and pass on their reply to the vessel.No charge is made f<strong>or</strong> this service.Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS)Communications over SSB are variable but predictable, due to ionosphericchanges (see <strong>page</strong> 8). During periods of degraded ionosphericpropagation, warnings are promulgated by Taupo <strong>Maritime</strong> Radio.The quarterly optimum frequencies are published in the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>Nautical Almanac.50 WWW.MARITIMENZ.GOVT.NZ
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