Frequency Charts & Usage
MARINE VHF CHANNELS
Chan | U | I | C | S/D | Tx | Rx | Channel Usage | |
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| S | 156.050 | Port operation and commercial. VTS in selected ar- | ||
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| X | X | D | 156.050 | 160.650 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). | |
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| X | X | D | 156.100 | 160.700 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). | |
03A | X |
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| S | 156.150 | U.S. Government only, Coast Guard. | ||
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| X | X | D | 156.150 | 160.750 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). | |
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| X | S | 156.200 | Pacific coast: Coast Guard, East coast: Commercial | ||
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| D | 156.200 | 160.800 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator), Port op- | |
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05A | X |
| X | S | 156.250 | Port operation. VTS in Seattle. | ||
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| D | 156.250 | 160.850 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator), Port op- | |
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06 | X | X | X | S | 156.300 | Intership Safety. | ||
07A | X |
| X | S | 156.350 | Commercial. | ||
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| D | 156.350 | 160.950 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator), Port op- | |
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08 | X | X | X | S | 156.400 | Commercial Intership only. | ||
09 | X | X | X | S | 156.450 | Boater calling channel, Commercial and noncom- | ||
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10 | X | X | X | S | 156.500 | Commercial. | ||
11 | X | X | X | S | 156.550 | Commercial. VTS in selected areas. | ||
12 | X | X | X | S | 156.600 | Port operation. VTS in selected areas. | ||
13 | X | X | X | S | 156.650 | Intership navigation safety (bridge to bridge). 1 W* | ||
14 | X | X | X | S | 156.700 | Port operation. VTS in selected areas. | ||
15 | X |
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| S | 156.750 | Environmental (Receive only). | ||
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| X | X | S | 156.750 | Commercial, noncommercial, Ship movement (1 | ||
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16 | X | X | X | S | 156.800 | International Distress, Safety and Calling. | ||
17 | X | X | X | S | 156.850 | State controlled (1 Watt only). | ||
18A | X |
| X | S | 156.900 | Commercial. | ||
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| D | 156.900 | 161.500 | Port operation, Ship movement. | |
19A | X |
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| S | 156.950 | U.S. Commercial. | ||
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| X | S | 156.950 | Coast Guard. | ||
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| D | 156.950 | 161.550 | Port operation, Ship movement. | |
•Hold down H/L key while pressing PTT for 25W transmit- ting power on these special marine VHF channels.
•Abbreviations
•U - USA, I - international, C - Canada
•TX - Transmit frequency, RX - Receive frequency
•S/D - Simplex/Duplex
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