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| U.S. VHF Marine Radio Channels | |||
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| Ch | Tx Freq | Rx Freq | Description |
| 1A | 156.0500 | Commercial Available only In the New Orleans area. Port Operations Available only in the Great Lakes. |
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| 2A | 156.1000 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 3A | 156.1500 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 4A | 156.2000 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 5A | 156.2500 | Port Operations Available only In the Houston and New Orleans areas. |
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| 6 | 156.3000 | Intership Safety | |
| 7A | 156.3500 | Commercial | |
| 8 | 156.4000 | Commercial Ship-to-ship only |
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| 9 | 156.4500 |
Commercial Non-Commercial (Boater Calling) Available for Intership, ship, and coast general purpose calling by noncommercial ships. |
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| 10 | 156.5000 | Commercial | |
| 11 | 156.5500 | Commercial | |
| 12 | 156.6000 | Port Operations | |
| 13 | 156.6500 | Navigational (Bridge-to-bridge) Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters. (Weather notices etc.) |
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| 14 | 156.7000 | Port Operations | |
| 15 | n/a | 156.7500 | Environmental (Receive
only) Used by Class C EPIRBs. |
| 16 | 156.8000 | International Distress, Safety
and Calling Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel. (General calling) |
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| 17 | 156.8500 | Maritime Control | |
| 18A | 156.9000 | Commercial | |
| 19A | 156.9500 | Commercial | |
| 20 | 157.0000 | 161.6000 | Port Operations (duplex) |
| 20A | 157.0000 | Port Operations | |
| 21A | 157.0500 | U.S. Government only | |
| 22A | 157.1000 | Coast Guard Liaison Contact is made on Channel 16 before switching to this channel. |
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| 23A | 157.1500 | U.S. Government only | |
| 24 | 157.2000 | 161.8000 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 25 | 157.2500 | 161.8500 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 26 | 157.3000 | 161.9000 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 27 | 157.3500 | 161.9500 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 28 | 157.4000 | 162.0000 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 60A | 156.0250 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 61A | 156.0750 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 62A | 156.1250 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 63A | 156.1750 | Commercial Available only In the New Orleans area. Port Operations Available only In the New Orleans area. |
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| 64A | 156.2250 | Port Operations Commercial |
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| 65A | 156.2750 | Port Operations | |
| 66A | 156.3250 | Port Operations | |
| 67 | 156.3750 | Commercial (Ship-to-ship only) Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca only. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Non-Commercial Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca only. Navigational |
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| 68 | 156.4250 | Non-Commercial | |
| 69 | 156.4750 | Non-Commercial | |
| 70 | 156.5250 | Digital Selective Calling | |
| 71 | 156.5750 | Non-Commercial | |
| 72 | 156.6250 | Commercial (Ship-to-ship only) Non-Commercial |
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| 73 | 156.6750 | Port Operations | |
| 74 | 156.7250 | Port Operations | |
| 75 | 156.7750 | Port Operations | |
| 76 | 156.8250 | Port Operations | |
| 77 | 156.8750 | Port Operations | |
| 78A | 156.9250 | Non-Commercial | |
| 79A | 156.9750 | Commercial Non-Commercial Available only in the Great Lakes. |
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| 80A | 157.0250 | Commercial Non-Commercial Available only in the Great Lakes. |
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| 81A | 157.0750 | U.S. Government only Environmental protection operations. |
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| 82A | 157.1250 | U.S. Government only | |
| 83A | 157.1750 | U.S. Government only | |
| 84 | 157.2250 | 161.8250 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 85 | 157.2750 | 161.8750 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 86 | 157.3250 | 161.9250 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 87 | 157.3750 | 161.9750 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 88 | 157.4250 | 162.0250 | Commercial (Ship-to-ship only) Not available in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, or the Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and its approaches. Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Only for use In the Great Lakes, St Lawrence Seaway, and Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and its approaches. |
| 88A | 157.4250 | Commercial (Ship-to-ship only) | |
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NON-COMMERCIAL - Working channels for voluntary boats. Messages must be about the needs of the ship. Typical uses include fishing reports, rendezvous, scheduling repairs and berthing information. Use Channels 67 and 72 only for ship-to-ship messages. COMMERCIAL - Working channels for working ships only. Messages must be about business or the needs of the ship. Use channels 8, 67, 72 and 88 only for ship-to-ship messages. PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE (MARINE OPERATOR) - Use these channels to call the marine operator at a public coast station. By contacting a public coast station, you can make and receive calls from telephones on shore. Except for distress calls, public coast stations usually charge for this service. PORT OPERATIONS - These channels are used in directing the movement of ships in or near ports, locks or waterways. Messages must be about the operational handling movement and safety of ships. In certain major ports, Channels 11,12 and are not available for general port operations messages. Use channel 20 only for ship-to-coast messages. Channel 77 is limited to intership communications to and from pilots NAVIGATIONAL - (Also known as the bridge-to-bridge channel.) This channel is available to all ships. Messages must be about ship navigation, for example, passing or meeting other ships. You must keep your messages short. Your power output must not be more than one watt. This is also the main working channel at most locks and drawbridges. MARITIME CONTROL - This channel may be used to talk to ships and coast stations operated by state or local governments. Messages must pertain to regulation and control, boating activities, or assistance to ships. DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING - Use this channel for distress and safety calling and for general purpose calling using only digital selective calling techniques. Shore stations are 4.600 MHz above the ship frequency. In U.S. waters the shore frequency may be used on Chs 20, 24-28 & 84-87. Chs 1-5 & 60-64 are shared with other services. Chs 75 & 76 are reserved as guard bands for ch 16. Frequencies are in MHz. Modulation is 16KF3E or 16KG3E. Note that the letter "A" indicates simplex use of an international duplex channel, and that operations are different than international operations on that channel. Some VHF transceivers are equipped with an "International - U.S." switch for that purpose. "A" channels are generally only used in the United States, and use is normally not recognized or allowed outside the U.S. Boaters should normally use channels listed as Non-Commercial. Channel 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress alerting. Channel 13 should be used to contact a ship when there is danger of collision. All ships of length 20m or greater are required to guard VHF channel 13, in addition to VHF channel 16, when operating within U.S. territorial waters. Users may be fined by the FCC for improper use of these channels. |
| On-board communications | ||
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| Ch | Tx Freq | Rx Freq |
| 1 | 467.7500 | 457.5250 |
| 2 | 467.7750 | 457.5500 |
| 3 | 467.8000 | 457.5750 |
| 4 | 467.8250 | 457.6000 |
| NOAA Weather Radio | |
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| Ch | Frequency |
| WX1 | 162.5500 |
| WX2 | 162.4000 |
| WX3 | 162.4750 |
| WX4 | 162.4250 |
| WX5 | 162.4500 |
| WX6 | 162.5000 |
| WX7 | 162.5250 |