Metarea 9

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METAREA IX

ISSUING SERVICE:	Pakistan
COVERAGE:	The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, north of Area VIII
SATELLITE OCEAN REGION:	Alphasat EMEA (Europe/Middle East ocean Region) replaces IOR (Indian Ocean Region)

SATELLITE SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION

GMDSS

Transmission Schedule For Full GMDSS

Limits of METAREAS - World Map

MSI

INMARSAT-C Land Earth Stations (LESs) accepting Short Access Code (SAC) 41 messages

TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION

COUNTRY	MAPS	GMDSS	MSI
COUNTRY	MAPS	DSC	NAVTEX	FACSIMILE	HF-NBDP
World Map	NAVTEX stations
World Map	Radio-Facsimile

METAREA IX	SafetyNET Forecasts
Bahrain			NAVTEX
Djibouti	Coastal Forecast areas	DSC
Egypt	Forecast areas		NAVTEX		HF-NBDP
Iran, Islamic Republic of		DSC	NAVTEX		HF-NBDP
Jordan		DSC
Oman			NAVTEX
Pakistan		DSC	NAVTEX
Qatar	Forecast areas	DSC
Qatar	Coastal forecast areas
Saudi Arabia	Forecast areas	DSC	NAVTEX
Uzbekistan				FACSIMILE

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