66A

CH		Frequency
CH				Use
No.	XMIT	RCV	Single	Use
No.	XMIT	RCV	Single

66A	156.325	156.325	x	Port Operations
67	156.375	156.375	x	Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in
				lower Mississippi River. Intership only.4
68	156.425	156.425	x	Non-Commercial
69	156.475	156.475	x	Non-Commercial
70	156.525	156.525	x	Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed)
71	156.575	156.575	x	Non-Commercial
72	156.625	156.625	x	Non-Commercial (Intership only)
73	156.675	156.675	x	Port Operations
74	156.725	156.725	x	Port Operations
75	- -	156.775	x	CH 16 Guard Band. RX only.
76	- -	156.825	x	CH 16 Guard Band. RX only.
77	156.875	156.875	x	Port Operations (Intership only)
78A	156.925	156.925	x	Non-Commercial
79A	156.975	156.975	x	Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only.
80A	157.025	157.025	x	Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only.
81A	157.075	157.075	x	U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations.
82A	157.125	157.125	x	U.S. Government only
83A	157.175	157.175	x	U.S. 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	161.975		Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
88A	157.425	157.425	x	Commercial, Intership only

Table 6-1 (Continued)

Boaters should normally use channels listed as Non-Commercial.

NOTE

1.The letter “A” following a channel number indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side of an international duplex channel. Operations are different from that of international operations on that channel.

2.Channels 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 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress alerting.

4.Channel 13 and 67 are 1 Watt initially.

User can override to high power (25 Watts) via front panel controls.

5.The transmitter is automatically disabled when channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 are selected.

6.Channels 75 and 76 are receive-only. Transmission on these channels has been disabled as a precaution to avoid harmful interference to channel 16.

CAUTION

Operation on channels not designated for use by your classification of craft or on International Channels within the US territorial waters is a violation of FCC Rules and Regulations and way result in severe penalties.

Use

XMIT