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Marine VHF Channels
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*The RR forum for this topic can be found {{Forum|marine-monitoring-forum|here|}}.<br />
*Also, see the {{Thread|ontario|347172-vhf-marine-channel-renumbering-great-lakes-region.html|VHF Marine Channel Renumbering for Great Lakes Region}} -- Jan 2017.<br />
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== Frequencies ==<br />
{|class="rrtable sortable"<br />
|+'''US VHF Marine Channels'''<br />
|-<br />
!New Ch !!Old Ch !!Ship TX !!Ship RX !!Usage/Notes <br />
|-<br />
|1001||01A||156.0500||156.0500||Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area.<br />
|-<br />
|1005||05A||156.2500||156.2500||Port Operations or VTS in Houston, New Orleans and Seattle.<br />
|-<br />
|06||06||156.3000||156.3000||Intership Safety<br />
|-<br />
|1007||07A||156.3500||156.3500||Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|08||08||156.4000||156.4000||Commercial (Intership only)<br />
|-<br />
|09||09||156.4500||156.4500||Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial.<br />
|-<br />
|10||10||156.5000||156.5000||Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|11||11||156.5500||156.5500||Commercial. VTS in selected areas.<br />
|-<br />
|12||12||156.6000||156.6000||Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.<br />
|-<br />
|13||13||156.6500||156.6500||Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters.<br />
|-<br />
|14||14||156.7000||156.7000||Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.<br />
|-<br />
|15||15||--||156.7500||Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs.<br />
|-<br />
|16||16||156.8000||156.8000||International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel.<br />
|-<br />
|17||17||156.8500||156.8500||State Control<br />
|-<br />
|1018||18A||156.9000||156.9000||Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|1019||19A||156.9500||156.9500||Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|20||20||157.0000||161.6000||Port Operations (duplex)<br />
|-<br />
|1020||20A||157.0000||157.0000||Port Operations<br />
|-<br />
|1021||21A||157.0500||157.0500||U.S. Coast Guard only.<br />
|-<br />
|1022||22A||157.1000||157.1000||Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16.<br />
|-<br />
|1023||23A||157.1500||157.1500||U.S. Coast Guard only<br />
|-<br />
|24||24||157.2000||161.8000||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|25||25||157.2500||161.8500||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|26||26||157.3000||161.9000||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|27||27||157.3500||161.9500||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|28||28||157.4000||162.0000||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|1063||63A||156.1750||156.1750||Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area.<br />
|-<br />
|1065||65A||156.2750||156.2750||Port Operations<br />
|-<br />
|1066||66A||156.3250||156.3250||Port Operations<br />
|-<br />
|67||67||156.3750||156.3750||Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only.<br />
|-<br />
|68||68||156.4250||156.4250||Non-Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|69||69||156.4750||156.4750||Non-Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|70||70||156.5250||156.5250||Digital Selective Calling [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtDsc DSC] (voice communications not allowed)<br />
|-<br />
|71||71||156.5750||156.5750||Non-Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|72||72||156.6250||156.6250||Non-Commercial (Intership only)<br />
|-<br />
|73||73||156.6750||156.6750||Port Operations<br />
|-<br />
|74||74||156.7250||156.7250||Port Operations<br />
|-<br />
|77||77||156.8750||156.8750||Port Operations (Intership only)<br />
|-<br />
|1078||78A||156.9250||156.9250||Non-Commercial<br />
|-<br />
|1079||79A||156.9750||156.9750||Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only<br />
|-<br />
|1080||80A||157.0250||157.0250||Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only<br />
|-<br />
|1081||81A||157.0750||157.0750||U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations.<br />
|-<br />
|1082||82A||157.1250||157.1250||U.S. Government only<br />
|-<br />
|1083||83A||157.1750||157.1750||U.S. Coast Guard only<br />
|-<br />
|84||84||157.2250||161.8250||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|85||85||157.2750||161.8750||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|86||86||157.3250||161.9250||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|87||87||157.3750||157.3750||Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)<br />
|-<br />
|88||88||157.4250||157.4250||Commercial, Intership only<br />
|-<br />
|AIS 1||AIS 1||161.9750||161.9750||Automatic Identification System [[AIS]] (digital)<br />
|-<br />
|AIS 2||AIS 2||162.0250||162.0250||Automatic Identification System [[AIS]] (digital)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Related Wiki Articles ==<br />
*;See [[Marine VHF Band Plans]] for the difference between US, Canadian, and International channels.<br />
* See our [[AIS]] article for information on this mode, and available decoders.<br />
* [[United States Coast Guard]]<br />
* [[United States Maritime Administration]]<br />
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== Related Links ==<br />
=== USCG ===<br />
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtVhf USCG US VHF Marine Channels]<br />
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=apps18 USCG International VHF Marine Channels]<br />
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=vhfnb USGC VHF Narrowband Channels]<br />
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===FCC===<br />
*[https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/maritime-mobile-service FCC Maritime Mobile Services]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.7.61.12&idno=47 47 CFR 80.313 Frequencies for use in distress]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.62.3&idno=47 47 CFR 80.355 Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply Morse code frequencies]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.62.4&idno=47 47 CFR 80.357 Working frequencies for Morse code and data transmission]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.62.5&idno=47 47 CFR 80.359 Frequencies for digital selective calling (DSC)]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.62.6&idno=47 47 CFR 80.361 Frequencies for narrow-band direct-printing (NBDP), radioprinter and data transmissions]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.62.7&idno=47 47 CFR 80.363 Frequencies for facsimile]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.63.10&idno=47 47 CFR 80.369 Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply frequencies]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.63.11&idno=47 47 CFR 80.371 Public correspondence frequencies]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.63.12&idno=47 47 CFR 80.373 Private communications frequencies]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.66.16&idno=47 47 CFR 80.379 Maritime frequencies assignable to aircraft stations]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.68.18&idno=47 47 CFR 80.383 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system frequencies]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.69.19&idno=47 47 CFR 80.385 Frequencies for automated systems]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.8.73.22&rgn=div8 47 CFR 80.393 Frequencies for AIS stations]<br />
*[http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.1.23.79.8&idno=47 47 CFR 80.1077 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) frequencies]<br />
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=== ISED Canada ===<br />
* [http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01011.html#sched1 ISED Canada VHF Marine Channels] (RBR-2 - Technical Requirements for the Operation of Mobile Stations in the Maritime Service)<br />
* [[Media:Canadian VHF Marine.doc|Canadian VHF Marine Channels (.Doc file)]]<br />
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=== ITU ===<br />
* [https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/mars/Pages/References.aspx ITU Maritime related recommendations]<br />
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=== Other ===<br />
* [http://scanmaritime.com Cruise Ship and Maritime Monitoring]<br />
* [https://www.ericcarlson.net/scanner/houston/cruiseships.html Cruise Ships and Ports Frequencies]<br />
* [http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml SailWx Ship Locations]<br />
* [http://www.qsl.net/n4jri/mar_missing.htm The Missing Marine Channels] (Note: the channels listed on this link are not verified and their source is not mentioned.)<br />
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[[Category:US Federal Government Frequencies]]<br />
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[[Category:US Defense Frequencies]]<br />
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[[Category:United States Coast Guard Frequencies]]</div>
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