Monitoring
Channel 16 & Working Channel
When - your VHF station is turned on and it is not being used to exchange communications
You Must - monitor channel 16
As an operating convenience, many stations employ a second receiver so that they can monitor a working channel and channel 16 simultaneously.
Intership Safety
Channel: 6
Vessels: Any
Use: Communicating navigational and weather warnings to other ships
Communicating with U.S. Coast Guard stations or other vessels during search and rescue operations
Between: | |
Comments: | Do not use for routine |
| communications. This is |
| a safety channel. |
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