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Revision as of 09:39, 29 January 2006

USCG Maritime Communications


CH      Ship Transmit  	Ship Receive  	Use
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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.
6 	156.3000 	156.3000 	Intership Safety
07A 	156.3500 	156.3500 	Commercial
8 	156.4000 	156.4000 	Commercial (Intership only)
9 	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 (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)
88 	157.4250 	162.0250 	Public Correspondence only near Canadian border.
88A 	157.4250 	157.4250 	Commercial, Intership only.