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Channel
number Transmission
MHz Receiving
MHz User
15 - 156.750 Environmental (receive
only). Used by Class C
Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacons
(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 and local
government maritime
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 USA Coast Guard only
22A* 157.100 157.100 Coast Guard Liaison and
Maritime Safety
Information Broadcasts.
Broadcasts are
announced on channel
16.
23A* 157.150 157.150 USA 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 in the New
Orleans and lower
Mississippi areas only.
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 the
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 the Great
Lakes only.
Channel
number Transmission
MHz Receiving
MHz User
80A* 157.025 157.025 Commercial. non-
commercial in the Great
Lakes only.
81A* 157.075 157.075 USA Government only.
Environmental protection
operations.
82A* 157.125 157.125 USA Government only
83A* 157.175 157.175 USA Government 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)
87 157.375 157.375 Public correspondence
(Marine Operator)
88A* 157.425 157.425 Commercial (Intership
only)
*"A" indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side of an
international duplex channel, and that operations are different
than international operations on that channel. "A" channels are
used only in the USA and normally not recognized outside the
USA.
WX (Weather) Channels
Channel Frequency (MHz)
WX1 162.550
WX2 162.400
WX3 162.475
WX4 162.425
WX5 162.450
WX6 162.500
WX7 162.525
Canadian Channels
Channel
number Transmission
MHz Receiving
MHz Area of
operation User
01 156.050 160.650 PC
1
Public
correspondence
02 156.100 160.700 PC Public
correspondence
03 156.150 160.750 PC Public
correspondence
04A 156.200 156.200 PC Intership, ship/
shore, and safety.
Canadian Coast
Guard search and
rescue
04A 156.200 156.200 EC
2
Intership, ship/
shore, and
commercial.
Commercial fishing
only.
05A 156.250 156.250 Ship movement
06 156.300 156.300 All areas
3
Intership,
commercial, non-
commercial, and
safety. May be used
for search and
rescue
communications
between ships and
aircraft.
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