View source for Marine VHF Band Plans

;This table shows the difference between the United States, Canadian and International VHF marine channels.
* The rightmost column labled '''Common''' indicates the channels which are the same in all three band plans.
* For channel usage see the [[Marine VHF Channels]] wiki page or the links below the table.

*Also, see the {{Thread|ontario|347172-vhf-marine-channel-renumbering-great-lakes-region.html|VHF Marine Channel Renumbering for Great Lakes Region}} -- Jan 2017.


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|+'''Marine VHF Channels'''
!rowspan="2" colspan="1" |Old Ch.
!rowspan="2" colspan="1" |New Ch.
!colspan="2" |<center>USA</center>
!colspan="2" |<center>Canada</center>
!colspan="2" |<center>International</center>
!rowspan="2" colspan="1" |Common
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!Ship RX!!Ship TX!!Ship RX!!Ship TX!!Ship RX!!Ship TX
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|1||01||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.6500||156.0500||160.6500||156.0500||
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|1A||1001||156.0500||156.0500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|2||02||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.7000||156.1000||160.7000||156.1000||
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|3||03||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.7500||156.1500||160.7500||156.1500||
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|4||04||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.8000||156.2000||
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|4A||1004||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.2000||156.2000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|5||05||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.8500||156.2500||
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|5A||1005||156.2500||156.2500||156.2500||156.2500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|6||06||156.3000||156.3000||156.3000||156.3000||156.3000||156.3000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|7||07||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.9500||156.3500||
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|7A||1007||156.3500||156.3500||156.3500||156.3500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|8||08||156.4000||156.4000||156.4000||156.4000||156.4000||156.4000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|9||09||156.4500||156.4500||156.4500||156.4500||156.4500||156.4500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|10||10||156.5000||156.5000||156.5000||156.5000||156.5000||156.5000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|11||11||156.5500||156.5500||156.5500||156.5500||156.5500||156.5500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|12||12||156.6000||156.6000||156.6000||156.6000||156.6000||156.6000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|13||13||156.6500||156.6500||156.6500||156.6500||156.6500||156.6500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|14||14||156.7000||156.7000||156.7000||156.7000||156.7000||156.7000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|15||15||156.7500||<center>--</center>||156.7500||156.7500||156.7500||156.7500||
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|16||16||156.8000||156.8000||156.8000||156.8000||156.8000||156.8000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|17||17||156.8500||156.8500||156.8500||156.8500||156.8500||156.8500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|18||18||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.5000||156.9000||
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|18A||1018||156.9000||156.9000||156.9000||156.9000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|19||19||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.5500||156.9500||
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|19A||1019||156.9500||156.9500||156.9500||156.9500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|20||20||161.6000||157.0000||161.6000||157.0000||161.6000||157.0000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|20A||1020||157.0000||157.0000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|21||21||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.6500||157.0500||
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|21A||1021||157.0500||157.0500||157.0500||157.0500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|21B||2021||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.6500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|22||22||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7000||157.1000||
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|22A||1022||157.1000||157.1000||157.1000||157.1000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|23||23||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7500||157.1500||161.7500||157.1500||
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|23A||1023||157.1500||157.1500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|23B||2023||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|24||24||161.8000||157.2000||161.8000||157.2000||161.8000||157.2000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|25||25||161.8500||157.2500||161.8500||157.2500||161.8500||157.2500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|25B||2025||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.8500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|26||26||161.9000||157.3000||161.9000||157.3000||161.9000||157.3000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|27||27||161.9500||157.3500||161.9500||157.3500||161.9500||157.3500||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|28||28||162.0000||157.4000||162.0000||157.4000||162.0000||157.4000||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|28B||2028||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||162.0000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|60||60||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.6250||156.0250||160.6250||156.0250||
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|61||61||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.6750||156.0750||
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|61A||1061||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.0750||156.0750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|62||62||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.7250||156.1250||
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|62A||1062||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.1250||156.1250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|63||63||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.7750||156.1750||
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|63A||1063||156.1750||156.1750||156.1750||156.1750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|64||64||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.8250||156.2250||160.8250||156.2250||
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|64A||1064||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.2250||156.2250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|65||65||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.8750||156.2750||
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|65A||1065||156.2750||156.2750||156.2750||156.2750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|66||66||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||160.9250||156.3250||
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|66A||1066||156.3250||156.3250||156.3250||156.3250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|67||67||156.3750||156.3750||156.3750||156.3750||156.3750||156.3750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|68||68||156.4250||156.4250||156.4250||156.4250||156.4250||156.4250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|69||69||156.4750||156.4750||156.4750||156.4750||156.4750||156.4750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|70||70||156.5250||156.5250||156.5250||156.5250||156.5250||156.5250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|71||71||156.5750||156.5750||156.5750||156.5750||156.5750||156.5750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|72||72||156.6250||156.6250||156.6250||156.6250||156.6250||156.6250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|73||73||156.6750||156.6750||156.6750||156.6750||156.6750||156.6750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|74||74||156.7250||156.7250||156.7250||156.7250||156.7250||156.7250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|75||75||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.7750||156.7750||156.7750||156.7750||
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|76||76||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||156.8250||156.8250||156.8250||156.8250||
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|77||77||156.8750||156.8750||156.8750||156.8750||156.8750||156.8750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|78||78||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.5250||156.9250||
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|78A||1078||156.9250||156.9250||156.9250||156.9250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|79||79||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.5750||156.9750||
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|79A||1079||156.9750||156.9750||156.9750||156.9750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|80||80||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.6250||157.0250||
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|80A||1080||157.0250||157.0250||157.0250||157.0250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|81||81||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.6750||157.0750||
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|81A||1081||157.0750||157.0750||157.0750||157.0750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|82||82||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7250||157.1250||
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|82A||1082||157.1250||157.1250||157.1250||157.1250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|83||83||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7750||157.1750||
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|83A||1083||157.1750||157.1750||157.1750||157.1750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|83B||2083||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||161.7750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|84||84||161.8250||157.2250||161.8250||157.2250||161.8250||157.2250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|85||85||161.8750||157.2750||161.8750||157.2750||161.8750||157.2750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|86||86||161.9250||157.3250||161.9250||157.3250||161.9250||157.3250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|87||87||157.3750||157.3750||157.3750||157.3750||161.9750||157.3750||
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|88||88||157.4250||157.4250||157.4250||157.4250||157.4250||157.4250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|AIS 1||AIS 1||161.9750||161.9750||161.9750||161.9750||161.9750||161.9750||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|AIS 2||AIS 2||162.0250||162.0250||162.0250||162.0250||162.0250||162.0250||<center>&#9632;</center>
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|AIS 3||AIS 3||<center>--</center> || 156.7750 || <center>--</center> || 156.7750 || <center>--</center> || 156.7750 || <center>&#9632;</center>
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|AIS 4||AIS 4||<center>--</center> || 156.8250 || <center>--</center> || 156.8250 || <center>--</center> || 156.8250 || <center>&#9632;</center>
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|WX1||WX1||162.5500||<center>--</center>||162.5500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX2||WX2||162.4000||<center>--</center>||162.4000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX3||WX3||162.4750||<center>--</center>||162.4750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX4||WX4||162.4250||<center>--</center>||162.4250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX5||WX5||162.4500||<center>--</center>||162.4500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX6||WX6||162.5000||<center>--</center>||162.5000||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX7||WX7||162.5250||<center>--</center>||162.5250||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX8||WX8||161.6500||<center>--</center>||161.6500||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX9||WX9||161.7750||<center>--</center>||161.7750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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|WX10||WX10||163.2750||<center>--</center>||163.2750||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||<center>--</center>||
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'''Notes:'''
* Some radios have channels 3A (156.1500), 61A (156.0750), and 64A (156.2250) in the USA band plan.
* Channels 87 and 88 can vary in different radios. They can be duplex channels in radios made before AIS was established.
* New AIS channels AIS-3 and AIS-4 were established in 2019 for AIS tracking via satellite.

==Related Links==
* [https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/us-vhf-channel-information USCG US VHF Marine Channels]
* [https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/international-vhf-marine-radio-channels-freq USCG International VHF Marine Channels]
* [http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01011.html#sched1 ISED Canada VHF Marine Channels]
* [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7748 Maritime] RadioReference database page



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