U. S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
8th District, Eastern Region
Division 5
Cincinnati Radio Facilities
David Stroup SO-CM
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U. S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY 8th District, Eastern Region Division 5 Cincinnati Radio Facilities |
David Stroup SO-CM |
If you are an authorized USCG radio facility contact the Division 5 SO-CM at cgaux8@yahoo.com for details.
U.S. VHF Marine Radio Channels and Frequencies
| Channel Number | Ship Transmit MHz |
Ship Receive MHz |
Use |
| 01A | 156.050 | 156.050 | Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. |
| 05A | 156.250 | 156.250 | Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas. |
| 06 | 156.300 | 156.300 | Intership Safety |
| 07A | 156.350 | 156.350 | Commercial |
| 08 | 156.400 | 156.400 | Commercial (Intership only) |
| 09 | 156.450 | 156.450 | Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial. |
| 10 | 156.500 | 156.500 | Commercial |
| 11 | 156.550 | 156.550 | Commercial. VTS in selected areas. |
| 12 | 156.600 | 156.600 | Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
| 13 | 156.650 | 156.650 | Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters. |
| 14 | 156.700 | 156.700 | Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. |
| 15 | -- | 156.750 | Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs. |
| 16 | 156.800 | 156.800 | International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel. |
| 17 | 156.850 | 156.850 | State Control |
| 18A | 156.900 | 156.900 | Commercial |
| 19A | 156.950 | 156.950 | Commercial |
| 20 | 157.000 | 161.600 | Port Operations (duplex) |
| 20A | 157.000 | 157.000 | Port Operations |
| 21A | 157.050 | 157.050 | U.S. Coast Guard only |
| 22A | 157.100 | 157.100 | Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16. |
| 23A | 157.150 | 157.150 | U.S. Coast Guard only |
| 24 | 157.200 | 161.800 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 25 | 157.250 | 161.850 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 26 | 157.300 | 161.900 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 27 | 157.350 | 161.950 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 28 | 157.400 | 162.000 | Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) |
| 63A | 156.175 | 156.175 | Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. |
| 65A | 156.275 | 156.275 | Port Operations |
| 66A | 156.325 | 156.325 | Port Operations |
| 67 | 156.375 | 156.375 | Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only. |
| 68 | 156.425 | 156.425 | Non-Commercial |
| 69 | 156.475 | 156.475 | Non-Commercial |
| 70 | 156.525 | 156.525 | Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed) |
| 71 | 156.575 | 156.575 | Non-Commercial |
| 72 | 156.625 | 156.625 | Non-Commercial (Intership only) |
| 73 | 156.675 | 156.675 | Port Operations |
| 74 | 156.725 | 156.725 | Port Operations |
| 77 | 156.875 | 156.875 | Port Operations (Intership only) |
| 78A | 156.925 | 156.925 | Non-Commercial |
| 79A | 156.975 | 156.975 | Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
| 80A | 157.025 | 157.025 | Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only |
| 81A | 157.075 | 157.075 | U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations. |
| 82A | 157.125 | 157.125 | U.S. Government only |
| 83A | 157.175 | 157.175 | U.S. Coast Guard 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) |
| 88 | 157.425 | 162.025 | Public Correspondence only near Canadian border. |
| 88A | 157.425 | 157.425 | Commercial, Intership only. |
WX1 |
-- |
162.550 |
WX2 |
-- |
162.400 |
WX3 |
-- |
162.475 |
WX4 |
-- |
162.425 |
WX5 |
-- |
162.450 |
WX6 |
-- |
162.500 |
WX7 |
-- |
162.525 |
See the NOAA Weather Radio Homepage for more information.
| Frequencies are in MHz. Modulation is 16KF3E or 16KG3E.
Note that the letter "A" indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side
of an international duplex channel, and that operations are different than international
operations on that channel. Some VHF transceivers are equipped with an "International
- U.S." switch for that purpose. "A" channels are generally only used in
the United States, and use is normally not recognized or allowed outside the U.S. The
letter "B" indicates simplex use of the coast station transmit side of an
international duplex channel. The U.S. does not currently use "B" channels
for simplex communications in this band. Boaters should normally use channels listed as
Non-Commercial. Channel 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress alerting.
Channel 13 should be used to contact a ship when there is danger of collision. All ships
of length 20m or greater are required to guard VHF channel 13, in addition to VHF channel
16, when operating within U.S. territorial waters. Users may be fined by the FCC for
improper use of these channels. See Marine Radio Watch Requirements for further
information. See the Federal Communications Commission's Marine VHF Radio Channels page. The FCC page does not include frequency information, but has more complete information on the use of the channels. |
David S. SO-CM cgaux8@yahoo.com