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