
Navicom RT-420
- 16
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• Channels 75 and 76 are reserved as guard bands for Channel 16 and are not available for regular
voice communications.
Notes:
1. The letter “A” following a channel number indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side of
an international semi-duplex channel. Operations are different from that of international operations
on that channel.
2. Channel 13 should be used to contact a ship when there is danger of collision. All ships of length 20
meters or greater are required to guard VHF channel 13, in addition to VHF channel 16, when operating
within U.S. territorial waters.
3. Channel is Receive Only.
4. Channel 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress alerting.
5. Output power is fixed at 1 watt only.
6. Output power is initially set to 1 watt. User can temporarily override this restriction to transmit at
high power.
Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
CH No. XMIT Freq
RCV Freq
Area of Operation Use
01
156.050
160.650
PC 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 S&R
04A
156.200
156.200
EC Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Commercial fishing only
05A
156.250
156.250
Ship Movement
06
156.300
156.300
All areas Intership, Commercial, Non-commercial and Safety: May be
used
for search and rescue communications between
ships and aircraft.
07A
156.350
156.350
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial
08
156.400
156.400
WC, EC Intership, Commercial and Safety: Also assigned for
operations in
the Lake Winnipeg area.
09
156.450
156.450
AC Intership, 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 Intership, 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 Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and
Ship
Movement: Also used for pilotage purposes.
12
156.600
156.600
WC, AC, GL Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and
Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
13
156.650
156.650
All areas Intership, 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 Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and
Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
15
156.750
156.750
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and
Ship
Movement: All operations limited to 1-watt maximum power. May also be
used for on-board communications.
16
156.800
156.800
All areas International Distress, Safety and Calling2
17
156.850
156.850
All areas Intership, 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 Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Towing on the
Pacific
Coast.
19A
156.950
156.950
All areas except PC Intership and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast
Guard only.