Marine VHF Channels

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Frequencies

Frequency	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
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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