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Contents
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Frequencies
Channel | Ship TX | Ship RX | Usage/Notes |
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01A | 156.0500 | 156.0500 | Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area. |
05A | 156.2500 | 156.2500 | Port Operations or VTS in Houston, New Orleans and Seattle. |
06 | 156.3000 | 156.3000 | Intership Safety |
07A | 156.3500 | 156.3500 | Commercial |
08 | 156.4000 | 156.4000 | Commercial (Intership only) |
09 | 156.4500 | 156.4500 | Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial. |
10 | 156.5000 | 156.5000 | Commercial |
11 | 156.5500 | 156.5500 | Commercial. VTS in selected areas. |
12 | 156.6000 | 156.6000 | Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
13 | 156.6500 | 156.6500 | Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters. |
14 | 156.7000 | 156.7000 | Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
15 | -- | 156.7500 | Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs. |
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. |
17 | 156.8500 | 156.8500 | State Control |
18A | 156.9000 | 156.9000 | Commercial |
19A | 156.9500 | 156.9500 | Commercial |
20 | 157.0000 | 161.6000 | Port Operations (duplex) |
20A | 157.0000 | 157.0000 | Port Operations |
21A | 157.0500 | 157.0500 | U.S. Coast Guard only |
22A | 157.1000 | 157.1000 | Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16. |
23A | 157.1500 | 157.1500 | U.S. Coast Guard 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) |
63A | 156.1750 | 156.1750 | Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area. |
65A | 156.2750 | 156.2750 | Port Operations |
66A | 156.3250 | 156.3250 | Port Operations |
67 | 156.3750 | 156.3750 | Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only. |
68 | 156.4250 | 156.4250 | Non-Commercial |
69 | 156.4750 | 156.4750 | Non-Commercial |
70 | 156.5250 | 156.5250 | Digital Selective Calling DSC (voice communications not allowed) |
71 | 156.5750 | 156.5750 | Non-Commercial |
72 | 156.6250 | 156.6250 | Non-Commercial (Intership only) |
73 | 156.6750 | 156.6750 | Port Operations |
74 | 156.7250 | 156.7250 | Port Operations |
77 | 156.8750 | 156.8750 | Port Operations (Intership only) |
78A | 156.9250 | 156.9250 | Non-Commercial |
79A | 156.9750 | 156.9750 | Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
80A | 157.0250 | 157.0250 | Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
81A | 157.0750 | 157.0750 | U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations. |
82A | 157.1250 | 157.1250 | U.S. Government only |
83A | 157.1750 | 157.1750 | U.S. Coast Guard 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) |
88A | 157.4250 | 157.4250 | Commercial, Intership only |
AIS 1 | 161.9750 | 161.9750 | Automatic Identification System AIS (digital) |
AIS 2 | 162.0250 | 162.0250 | Automatic Identification System AIS (digital) |
Related Links
- See Marine VHF Band Plans for the difference between US, Canadian, and International channels.
- USCG US VHF Marine Channels
- USCG International VHF Marine Channels
- USGC VHF Narrowband Channels
- Industry Canada VHF Marine Channels (RBR-2 - Technical Requirements for the Operation of Mobile Stations in the Maritime Service)
- Canadian VHF Marine Channels (.Doc file)
- See our AIS article for information on this mode, and available decoders
- SailWx Ship Locations
- Cruise Ship and Maritime Monitoring
- The Missing Marine Channels
- DockSide Radio
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Maritime Administration
FCC Websites
- FCC Maritime Mobile Services
- 47 CFR 80.313 Frequencies for use in distress
- 47 CFR 80.355 Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply Morse code frequencies
- 47 CFR 80.357 Working frequencies for Morse code and data transmission
- 47 CFR 80.359 Frequencies for digital selective calling (DSC)
- 47 CFR 80.361 Frequencies for narrow-band direct-printing (NBDP), radioprinter and data transmissions
- 47 CFR 80.363 Frequencies for facsimile
- 47 CFR 80.369 Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply frequencies
- 47 CFR 80.371 Public correspondence frequencies
- 47 CFR 80.373 Private communications frequencies
- 47 CFR 80.379 Maritime frequencies assignable to aircraft stations
- 47 CFR 80.383 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system frequencies
- 47 CFR 80.385 Frequencies for automated systems
- 47 CFR 80.393 Frequencies for AIS stations
- 47 CFR 80.1077 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) frequencies
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