|
Channel
No. |
Frequency
|
Channel
Use |
|
00 |
156.0000 |
Private,
Coastguard |
|
01 |
156.0500 |
---- |
|
02 |
156.1000 |
---- |
|
03 |
156.1500 |
---- |
|
04 |
156.2000 |
---- |
|
05 |
156.2500 |
---- |
|
06 |
156.3000 |
Fishing
Vessels/Port Pilot |
|
07 |
156.3500 |
---- |
|
08 |
156.4000 |
Fishing
Vessels |
|
09 |
156.4500 |
Port
Pilot |
|
10 |
156.5000 |
Ship
to Tug |
|
11 |
156.5500 |
---- |
|
12 |
156.6000 |
Port
Operations |
|
13 |
156.6500 |
---- |
|
14 |
156.7000 |
Port
Operations |
|
15 |
156.7500 |
---- |
|
16 |
156.8000 |
Distress
& Calling Channel |
|
17 |
156.8500 |
---- |
|
18 |
156.9000 |
---- |
|
19 |
156.9500 |
---- |
|
20 |
157.0000 |
Radar
Channel |
|
60 |
156.0250 |
---- |
|
61 |
156.0750 |
---- |
|
62 |
156.1250 |
Orfordness
Radio |
|
63 |
156.1750 |
---- |
|
64 |
156.2250 |
---- |
|
65 |
156.2750 |
---- |
|
66 |
156.3250 |
---- |
|
67 |
156.3750 |
Coastguard
Working Channel |
|
68 |
156.4250 |
---- |
|
69 |
156.4750 |
Ship
to Tug |
|
70 |
156.5250 |
Digital
Paging |
|
71 |
156.5750 |
Port
Operations |
|
72 |
156.6250 |
Ship
to Ship |
|
73 |
156.6750 |
Coastguard
secondary working Channel |
|
74 |
156.7250 |
Port
Opertaions |
|
75 |
156.7750 |
---- |
|
76 |
156.8250 |
---- |
|
77 |
156.8750 |
Boat
to Boat |
|
78 |
156.9250 |
---- |
|
79 |
156.9750 |
---- |
|
80 |
156.0250 |
Marina
Channel |
|
81 |
157.0750 |
---- |
|
82 |
157.1250 |
---- |
|
83 |
157.1750 |
---- |
|
84 |
157.2250 |
---- |
|
85 |
157.2750 |
---- |
|
86 |
157.3250 |
---- |
|
87 |
157.3750 |
---- |
|
88 |
157.4250 |
---- |
|
99 |
160.6000 |
Auxailary
Coastguard |
|
31 |
157.5500 |
RNLI
(Boat to Boat house) |
Global Maritime Distress & Safety System Radiotelephone
Channels
These simplex frequencies are used for distress and safety
communications, and (except for 2182 kHz) are not normally
guarded.
2182 kHz
4125
6215
8,291
12,290
16,420
|
Channel
Number |
Ship
Transmit |
Ship
Receive |
Use |
|
01A |
156.050 |
156.050 |
Port
Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans /
Lower Mississippi area. |
|
05A |
156.250 |
156.250 |
Port
Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas. |
|
06 |
156.300 |
156.300 |
Intership
Safety |
|
07A |
156.350
|
156.350 |
Commercial |
|
08 |
156.400 |
156.400 |
Commercial
(Intership only) |
|
09 |
156.450 |
156.450 |
Boater
Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial. |
|
10 |
156.500 |
156.500 |
Commercial |
|
11 |
156.550 |
156.550 |
Commercial.
VTS in selected areas. |
|
12 |
156.600
|
156.600
|
Port
Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
|
13 |
156.650 |
156.650 |
Intership
Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length
maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters. |
|
14 |
156.700 |
156.700
|
Port
Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
|
15 |
-- |
156.750 |
Environmental
(Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs. |
|
16 |
156.800 |
156.800 |
International
Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG,
and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel. |
|
17 |
156.850 |
156.850 |
State
Control |
|
18A |
156.900 |
156.900 |
Commercial |
|
19A |
156.950 |
156.950 |
Commercial |
|
20 |
157.000 |
161.600 |
Port
Operations (duplex) |
|
20A |
157.000 |
157.000 |
Port
Operations |
|
21A |
157.050 |
157.050 |
U.S.
Coast Guard only |
|
22A |
157.100 |
157.100 |
Coast
Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts.
Broadcasts announced on channel 16. |
|
23A |
157.150 |
157.150 |
U.S.
Coast Guard only |
|
24 |
157.200
|
161.800 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
25 |
157.250 |
161.850 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
26 |
157.300 |
161.900 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
27 |
157.350 |
161.950 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
28 |
157.400 |
162.000 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
63A |
156.175 |
156.175 |
Port
Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans /
Lower Mississippi area. |
|
65A |
156.275
|
156.275 |
Port
Operations |
|
66A |
156.325
|
156.325 |
Port
Operations |
|
67 |
156.375
|
156.375
|
Commercial.
Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River.
Intership only. |
|
68 |
156.425 |
156.425 |
Non-Commercial |
|
69 |
156.475
|
156.475 |
Non-Commercial |
|
70 |
156.525
|
156.525 |
Digital
Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed) |
|
71 |
156.575 |
156.575
|
Non-Commercial |
|
72 |
156.625 |
156.625 |
Non-Commercial
(Intership only) |
|
73 |
156.675 |
156.675 |
Port
Operations |
|
74 |
156.725
|
156.725
|
Port
Operations |
|
77 |
156.875 |
156.875 |
Port
Operations (Intership only) |
|
78A |
156.925 |
156.925 |
Non-Commercial |
|
79A |
156.975 |
156.975 |
Commercial.
Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
|
80A |
157.025 |
157.025 |
Commercial.
Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
|
81A |
157.075 |
157.075 |
U.S.
Government only - Environmental protection operations. |
|
82A |
157.125 |
157.125 |
U.S.
Government only |
|
83A |
157.175 |
157.175 |
U.S.
Coast Guard only |
|
84 |
157.225 |
161.825 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
85 |
157.275
|
161.875 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
86 |
157.325 |
161.925 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
87 |
157.375 |
161.975 |
Public
Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
|
88 |
157.425 |
162.025 |
Public
Correspondence only near Canadian border. |
|
88A |
157.425 |
157.425 |
Commercial,
Intership only. |
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|
WX1 |
-- |
162.550 |
|
WX2 |
-- |
162.400 |
|
WX3 |
-- |
162.475 |
|
WX4 |
-- |
162.425 |
|
WX5 |
-- |
162.450 |
|
WX6 |
-- |
162.500 |
|
WX7 |
-- |
162.525 |
|
Channel Designator |
Notes |
Transmitting Frequencies (MHz) |
Intership |
Port Operations and Ship Movement |
Public correspondence |
||
|
Ship Stations |
Coast Stations |
Single frequency |
Two frequency |
||||
|
60 |
|
156.025 |
160.625 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
01 |
|
156.050 |
160.650 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
61 |
|
156.075 |
160.675 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
02 |
|
156.100 |
160.700 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
62 |
|
156.125 |
160.125 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
03 |
|
156.150 |
160.750 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
63 |
|
156.175 |
160.775 |
| |||