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United States Coast Guard

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The USCG are heavy users of the Marine VHF Channels; Channel 16 is reserved for distress, safety and calling, while channel 22A is utilized for special warnings, Marine Safety and other announcements. Other frequencies utilized vary from sector to sector.

Air Operations

New nationwide United States Coast Guard frequencies, as of January 1, 2005, are listed below. The frequencies were changed due to the mandate to vacate 380-400 MHz so that the spectrum could be used for military Trunked Radio Systems.

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
345.00000  BM  CG AirOpsPri Operations Primary  AM  Federal 
237.90000  BM  CG AirOpsSec Operations Secondary  AM  Federal 
326.15000  CG A-G Pri Air-to-Ground Primary  AM  Federal 
379.05000  CG A-G Sec Air-to-Ground Secondary  AM  Federal 

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Marine VHF Channels

Reserved for Coast Guard use only

157.0500	CH 21A
157.1000	CH 22A
157.1500	CH 23A
157.0750	CH 81A
157.1250	CH 82A
157.1750	CH 83A

VHF Nationwide Land Mobile [LMR] Channels

As listed in the Monitoring Times May 2008 issue
Channels can/have been identified as CG-## / CG-1## / NET-## or NET-1## [Varies by Code Plug Revision]
NAC is 293 for all channels in P25 Mode

Freq Channel Details
139.9750 CG 101 Used in coastal waters, navigable waterways and the Great Lakes
140.4750 CG 102
140.7250 CG 103
141.6125 CG 104
150.7250 CG 105 Sector Hampton Roads, VA
141.5500 CG 106
150.3000 CG 107
162.0500 CG 108 Sector Boston, MA; Sector Hampton Roads, VA
162.1250 CG 109 Sector North Bend, OR
162.2500 CG 110 Sector Northern New England; Station Morro Bay, CA
162.3250 CG 111 Sectors Key West and Miami, FL; Sector Mobile, AL; New York, NY; Sector Maryland/NCR; Station Little Creek, VA; Coos Bay and Winchester Bay, OR
163.0500 CG 112 Sector St Petersburg, FL; Sector Columbia River, WA/OR, Sector New Orleans, LA; Sector Long Island, NY; Station Chincoteague, VA; Station Wachapreague, VA; Sector Maryland/NCR; Station Annapolis, MD; Station Curtis Bay, MD
163.1375 CG 113 Sector Southeast New England; Sector Corpus Christi, TX; Sector North Carolina; Milwaukee, WI; Sta New Haven CT; Station Hobucken, NC; Station Wrightsville Beach, NC; Station Vallejo, CA
164.3000 CG 114 Stations Manasquan Inlet and Cape May, NJ; Coos Bay and Winchester Bay, OR
164.3125 CG 115 Station Indian River Inlet, DE
164.5500 CG 116
164.5625 CG 117 Station Atlantic City, NJ;
164.9000 CG 118 Station Pt Allerton, MA; Station Emerald Isle, NC; Station Hatteras Inlet, NC; Station Ocracoke, NC; Sector Humboldt Bay, CA
164.9125 CG 119
165.2625 CG 120
165.3125 CG 121 Sectors Miami and St Petersburg, FL; Sector North Bend, OR; Sector Houston-Galveston, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Sector Hampton Roads, VA; Station Cape Charles, VA; Station Little Creek, VA; Station Milford Haven, VA; Station Portsmouth, VA
165.3250 CG 122 Port Canaveral, FL; Station Cape Charles, VA; Station Juneau, AK
165.3375 CG 123
166.1875 CG 124 Sector San Francisco, CA
167.0875 ? TX PL 167.9 Analog Only
167.9000 CG 125 Sector Sault Ste Marie, MI
168.8625 CG 126
169.5375 ? Base RX: 164.7125, CSQ, Analog Only
171.2375 CG 127 Station Cape Cod Canal, MA; Station Elizabeth City NC; Station Fort Macon, NC; Station Oak Island, NC; Station Oregon Inlet, NC
172.3125 CG 128 Repeater in Boston MA of CG-113, also multiple repeaters in Oregon of CG 121
165.2750 CG 129
171.2125 CG 130
171.4125 CG 131
172.0375 CG 150 Puget Sound
165.4625 CG 151 Port Angeles WA

VHF Canadian Border Area Regional Channels

Freq Channel Details
167.1125 AG-101 Toldeo OH, Lake Huron
167.6250 AG-102 Detroit MI, Saginaw River Essexville MI, Western NY, Marblehead OH
173.1000 AG-109 Western NY
173.5375 AG-113 Buffalo NY

UHF Nationwide Land Mobile [LMR] Channels

As reported in the Monitoring Times Fedcom Blogs
Channels can/have been identified as CG-4## or NET-4## [Varies by Code Plug Revision]
NAC is 293 for all channels in P25 Mode

Freq Channel Details
410.2375 ? CSQ, Analog only, Base RX: 419.2375
410.3750 CG-401 Sector Hampton Roads
410.4375 ? Base RX: 419.4375, TX PL 167.9, Analog Only
410.6375 ? Base RX: 419.6375, TX PL 167.9, Analog Only
410.8375 ? Base RX: 419.8375, TX PL 167.9, Analog Only
411.7875 CG-402 South-East Florida, Sector Hampton Roads
411.8125 CG-403
411.8375 CG-404
411.8625 CG-405
411.8875 CG-406
412.9250 CG-407 Detroit, MI
412.9500 CG-408
412.9750 CG-409 Coast Guard to Coast Guard calling channel.
Jacksonville, FL / San Francisco, CA / Baltimore, MD / Delaware Bay, DE / Lake Michigan, IL/ Portsmouth, VA - Air Ops
413.0000 CG-410 Charleston/Savannah GA - Air Ops, Delaware Bay
413.0250 CG-411 Houston-Galveston; North Bend, OR - Air Ops, Sector Los Angeles Long Beach - Air Ops
413.0750 ?
406.6250 CG-412
406.8250 CG-413
407.2250 CG-414
407.6250 CG-415
410.1250 CG-416
410.2875 CG-417
414.0375 ? 167.9 PL Analog only.
414.0625 ? NAC 68F, simplex, digital only.
414.3125 ? NAC 68F, simplex, digital only.
414.3375 ? NAC 68F, simplex, digital only.
416.2250 CG-421? Mississippi / Gulf Coast
416.5500 CG 422?
417.0000 CG 423?
406.5000 ?
406.5625 ?
406.5750 ?
406.6000 ?
406.8000 ?
406.9750 ?
407.6250 ?
407.9250 ?
407.9750 ?
408.4000 ?
409.0000 ?
409.1875 ?
409.2000 ?
409.3500 ?
409.8250 ?
410.0250 ?
411.3750 ?
413.0375 ?
414.7625 ?
415.6250 ?
415.7750 ?
415.8250 ?
415.9250 ?
416.3875 ?
416.4750 ?
416.5750 ?
416.5875 ?
416.6000 ?
416.6375 ?
416.7000 ?
416.7125 ?
416.8500 ?
416.9250 ?
416.9375 ?
418.3500 ?
418.4375 ?
418.4500 ?
419.1250 ?
419.6000 ?
419.6500 ?
419.8000 ?
419.8250 ?
419.8500 ?
419.9750 ?

HF Operations

Operationally, the US Coast Guard divides the US into 2 separate areas. LANTAREA consists of USCG Districts 1, 5, 7, 8 and 9. PACAREA includes the western Districts, 11, 13, 14 and 17. HF communications, as well as a number of other missions are the responsibility of the two "CAMS." USCG CAMSLANT is the largest of the 2 CAMS with approx 178 active duty, reserve and auxiliary personnel. Located on the campus of Naval Security Group, Northwest in Chesapeake, VA and its remote transmitter site, NMN is located in the old town of Pungo, VA now part of Virginia Beach, VA. CAMSLANT covers Sea Areas 3 and 4 from Brownsville, TX to the Maine/Canadian border. CAMSLANT has 3 additional subordinate commands, each with a separate transmit and receive site. COMMSTA Boston (NMF), COMMSTA Miami (NMA), and COMMSTA New Orleans (NMG). CAMSLANT also controls a NAVTEX transmitter site on Charleston, SC (NME). All HF transmissions such as flight following, WEFAX, SITOR, GMDSS/DSC, NAVTEX, etc originate from CAMSLANT and are broadcast from one of the 4 remote transmitter sites.

USCG CAMSPAC is located in PT Reyes, CA and is the smaller of the 2 CAMS. The mission responsibilities are virtually identical to that of CAMSLANT. CAMSPAC also has remote transmit and receive sites and has some support functions for COMMSTA Kodiak, AK.

All are under the Command of either LANT-6 or PAC-6, a CAPT, (O-6) and they are e responsible to the Flag Officer Commanding, the CG-6 Directorate, C4IT branch.

The USCG uses 4 different types of mechanisms for HF Radio Communications. Note, all voice emissions are USB regardless of frequency.

The first method is the use of the Customs Over The Horizon Enforcement Network COTHEN ALE Network. This network supports the majority of both normal flight operations and flight following as well as operational coordination for US Coast Guard fixed and rotary wing aircraft. COTHEN and GOTHAM became the primary HF communications systems for USCG assets as of 2010. In 2017, GOTHAM was merged with COTHEN to centralize HF-ALE operations.

The next method is the use of a secondary USCG HF Radio network that primarily supports Fixed and rotary wing aircraft which are not equipped with COTHEN capable HF radios. The following frequencies are available although 5 and 8 mHz are used most:

5696.0
8983.0
11201.0

Third, the USCG uses a set of HF frequencies for tactical radio communications between aircraft, base stations, and USCG Cutters:

5320.0
8337.6
10993.6
11197.4  (Mobile AL)

And finally, the USCG has a network which operates on the following frequencies:

3053
4730
6709
8057
8859
8980
9034
11196
13221
15082
17988
20135.5
23072.5

Also see the following links for more on USCG HF Operations;

USCG Auxiliary

The USCG has moved to Narrowband channels and abandoned the older wideband channels.

Frequency  Input   
Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
138.47500      USCG AuxTac1 Tactical 1  FMN  Federal 
142.82500      USCG AuxTac2 Tactical 2  FMN  Federal 
143.47500      USCG Aux Sim Nationwide Simplex "Yankee 3"  FMN  Federal 
150.70000  149.20000   RM  USCG Aux Rpt Repeater  FMN  Federal 
150.70000  149.53750   RM  USCG Aux WA Repeater (Washington State)  FMN  Federal 

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The New Repeaters as Reported/Confirmed are:

State Repeater Tone Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation date
AZ 107.2 Hz Mt Ord - Pheonix
CA 110.9 Hz Rasnow Peak
CA 136.5 Hz Santiago Peak
CA 146.2 Hz Otay
CA 186.2 Hz Southern CA
CA ???.? Hz Lake Shasta
CA ???.? Hz Palos Verdes
CT 118.8 Hz New Haven
CT 131.3 Hz New London
DE 100.0 Hz Manasquan
MA 85.4 Hz Swampscott - Boston South
MA 94.8 Hz Kingston
MA 97.4 Hz Events
MA 103.5 Hz Amesbury - Boston North 2022.08.14
MA 114.8 Hz Falmouth
MA No PL Temp Repeater
MA 156.7 Hz Holyoke
MA 167.9 Hz Boston 2022.08.14
ME 179.9 Hz Damariscotta
ME ???.? Hz Bar Harbor
ME 179.9 Hz York
NC 114.8 Hz Lake Norman
NJ ???.? Hz Sewaren
NJ 88.5 Hz Manasquan
NY 127.3 Hz Lake George
NY 131.8 Hz New York City
NY 136.5 Hz Farmingdale
NY 151.4 Hz Montauk
NY 167.9 Hz Clarksville
NY 186.2 Hz Hudson
NY ???.? Hz Highland
OR 156.7 Hz North Bend
PA 131.8 Hz Delaware Gap Area
RI ???.? Hz Kingstown
UT 156.7 Hz Navajo Mtn - Lake Powell
VA No PL Chincoteague
VT 110.9 Hz Stowe

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