HM160 MAX
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Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
CH
TX Freq RX Freq
Area of Operation Use
1
156.050 160.650
PC Public Correspondence
2
156.100 160.700
PC Public Correspondence
3
156.150 160.750
PC Public Correspondence
04A
156.200 156.200
PC Inter-ship, Ship/Shore and Safety: Canadian Coast Guard S&R
05A
156.250 156.250
Ship Movement
6
156.300 156.300
All areas Inter-ship, Commercial, Non commercial and Safety: May Be used for
search and rescue communications between ships and aircraft.
07A
156.350 156.350
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial
8
156.400 156.400
WC, EC Inter ship, Commercial and Safety: Also assigned for operations in the
Lake Winnipeg area.
9
156.450 156.450
AC Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement: May
be used to communicate with aircraft and Helicopters in predominantly maritime
support operations.
10
156.500 156.500
AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial, Safety and Ship
Movement: May also be used for communications with aircraft engaged in
coordinated search and rescue and antipollution operations.
11
156.550 156.550
PC, AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Also used for pilotage purposes.
12
156.600 156.600
WC, AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
13
156.650 156.650
All areas Inter-ship, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement: Exclusively
for bridge-to-bridge navigational traffic. Limited to 1-watt maximum power.
14
156.700 156.700
AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement:
Port operations and pilot information and Messages.
15
156.750 156.750
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: All May also be used for on-board Communications.
16
156.800 156.800
All areas International Distress, Safety and Calling.
17
156.850 156.850
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: All operations limited to 1-watt maximum power. May also be used for
on-board Communications.
18A
156.900 156.900
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Towing on the Pacific Coast.
19A
156.950 156.950
All areas except PC Inter-ship and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
20
157.000 161.600
All areas Ship/Shore, Safety and Ship Movement: Port operation
21A
157.050 157.050
All areas Inter-ship and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
