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8. REFERENCE
8.1 MARINE FREQUENCIES
Refer to Table 8-1: Marine Frequencies for a list of maritime frequencies per United States Coast
Guard (USCG).
A radio designated for shipboard use must comply with Federal Communications Commission
Rule Part 80. Additional information about operating requirements in the Maritime Services can
be obtained from the full text of FCC Rule Part 80 and from the US Coast Guard.
Table 8-1: Marine Frequencies
NEW
CHANNEL
NUMBER
OLD
CHANNEL
NUMBER
SHIP
TRANSMIT
MHZ
SHIP
RECEIVE
MHZ
USE
1001
01A
156.050
156.050 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New
Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.
1005
05A
156.250
156.250 Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and
Seattle areas.
06
06
156.300
156.300 Intership Safety
1007
07A
156.350
156.350 Commercial. VDSMS
08
08
156.400
156.400 Commercial (Intership only). VDSMS
09
09
156.450
156.450 Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial. VDSMS
10
10
156.500
156.500 Commercial. VDSMS
11
11
156.550
156.550 Commercial. VTS in selected areas. VDSMS
12
12
156.600
156.600 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
13
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
14
156.700
156.700 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
15
15
--
156.750 Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs.
16
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. See our
17
17
156.850
156.850 State & local govt maritime control
1018
18A
156.900
156.900 Commercial. VDSMS
1019
19A
156.950
156.950 Commercial. VDSMS
20
20
157.000
161.600 Port Operations (duplex)
1020
20A
157.000
157.000 Port Operations
1021
21A
157.050
157.050 U.S. Coast Guard only
1022
22A
157.100
157.100 Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information
Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
1023
23A
157.150
157.150 U.S. Coast Guard only
24
24
157.200
161.800 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS
25
25
157.250
161.850 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS
26
26
157.300
161.900 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS
27
27
157.350
161.950 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS
28
28
157.400
162.000 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS
1063
63A
156.175
156.175 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New
Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.