Marine VHF Channels
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Frequencies
Frequency | Type | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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156.05000 | BM | Marine 01A/1001 | 01A - Port Operations and Commercial - New Orleans / Lower Mississippi |
FM | Transportation |
156.25000 | BM | Marine 05A/1005 | 05A - Port Operations - Houston / New Orleans / Seattle | FM | Transportation |
156.30000 | BM | Marine 06 | 06 - Intership Safety | FM | Transportation |
156.35000 | BM | Marine 07A/1007 | 07A - Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.40000 | BM | Marine 08 | 08 - Commercial Intership | FM | Transportation |
156.45000 | BM | Marine 09 | 09 - Boater Calling | FM | Transportation |
156.50000 | BM | Marine 10 | 10 - Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.55000 | BM | Marine 11 | 11 - Commerical | FM | Transportation |
156.60000 | BM | Marine 12 | 12 - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.65000 | BM | Marine 13 | 13 - Intership Navigation Safety (Bridges) | FM | Transportation |
156.70000 | BM | Marine 14 | 14 - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.75000 | M | Marine 15 | 15 - Environmental / Class C EPIRB | FM | Transportation |
156.80000 | BM | Marine 16 | 16 - Hailing / Calling / Distress | FM | Transportation |
156.85000 | BM | Marine 17 | 17 - State/local government maritime | FM | Transportation |
156.90000 | BM | Marine 18A/1018 | 18A - Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.95000 | BM | Marine 19A/1019 | 19A - Commercial | FM | Transportation |
157.00000 | BM | Marine 20A/1020 | 20A - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
157.05000 | BM | Marine 21A/1021 | 21A - Coast Guard | FM | Federal |
157.10000 | BM | Marine 22A/1022 | 22A - Coast Guard Liaison/Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts | FM | Federal |
157.15000 | BM | Marine 23A/1023 | 23A - Coast Guard | FM | Federal |
156.17500 | BM | Marine 63A/1063 | 63A - Port Operations / Commercial - New Orleans / Lower Mississippi |
FM | Transportation |
156.27500 | BM | Marine 65A/1065 | 65A - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.32500 | BM | Marine 66A/1066 | 66A - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.37500 | M | Marine 67 | 67 - Commercial intership (bridge-to-bridge) | FM | Transportation |
156.42500 | BM | Marine 68 | 68 - Non-Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.47500 | BM | Marine 69 | 69 - Non-Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.52500 | BM | Marine 70 | 70 - Digital Selective Calling (no voice) | FM | Data |
156.57500 | BM | Marine 71 | 71 - Non-Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.62500 | M | Marine 72 | 72 - Non-Commercial (Intership only) | FM | Transportation |
156.67500 | BM | Marine 73 | 73 - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.72500 | BM | Marine 74 | 74 - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
156.87500 | M | Marine 77 | 77 - Port Operations (Intership only) | FM | Transportation |
156.92500 | BM | Marine 78A/1078 | 78A - Non-Commercial | FM | Transportation |
156.97500 | BM | Marine 79A/1079 | 79A - Commercial (Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only) | FM | Transportation |
157.02500 | BM | Marine 80A/1080 | 80A - Commercial (Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only) | FM | Transportation |
157.07500 | BM | Marine 81A/1081 | 81A - U.S. Government environmental protection | FM | Federal |
157.12500 | BM | Marine 82A/1082 | 82A - U.S. Government only | FM | Federal |
157.17500 | BM | Marine 83A/1083 | 83A - U.S. Coast Guard only | FM | Federal |
157.42500 | M | Marine 88 | 88 - Commercial intership (bridge-to-bridge) | FM | Other |
157.00000 | M | Marine 20 TX | 20TX - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
161.60000 | B | Marine 20 RX | 20RX - Port Operations | FM | Transportation |
157.20000 | M | Marine 24 TX | 24TX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
161.80000 | B | Marine 24 RX | 24RX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
157.25000 | M | Marine 25 TX | 25TX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
161.85000 | B | Marine 25 RX | 25RX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
157.30000 | M | Marine 26 TX | 26TX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
161.90000 | B | Marine 26 RX | 26RX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
157.35000 | M | Marine 27 TX | 27TX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
161.95000 | B | Marine 27 RX | 27RX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
157.40000 | M | Marine 28 TX | 28TX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
162.00000 | B | Marine 28 RX | 28RX - Marine Operator | FM | Transportation |
157.22500 | M | Marine 84 TX | 84TX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
161.82500 | B | Marine 84 RX | 84RX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
157.27500 | M | Marine 85 TX | 85TX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
161.87500 | B | Marine 85 RX | 85RX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
157.32500 | M | Marine 86 TX | 86TX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
161.92500 | B | Marine 86 RX | 86RX - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
157.37500 | BM | Marine 87 | 87 - Ship/shore (telephone) | FM | Other |
See also
- See Marine VHF Channel Version Comparison Chart 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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