U.S. MARINE VHF CHANNELS

 

U.S. MARINE VHF CHANNELS

Channel NumberShip Transmit MHzShip Receive MHzUse
01A156.050156.050Port Operations and Commercial, VTS.  Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.
05A156.250156.250Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas.
06156.300156.300Inter-ship Safety
07A156.350156.350Commercial
08156.400156.400Commercial (Inter-ship only)
09156.450156.450Boater Calling.  Commercial and Non-Commercial.
10156.500156.500Commercial
11156.550156.550Commercial.  VTS in selected areas.
12156.600156.600Port Operations.  VTS in selected areas.
13156.650156.650Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge).  Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters.
14156.700156.700Port Operations.  VTS in selected areas.
15--156.750Environmental (Receive only).  Used by Class C EPIRBs.
16156.800156.800International Distress, Safety and Calling.  Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel.
17156.850156.850State Control
18A156.900156.900Commercial
19A156.950156.950Commercial
20157.000161.600Port Operations (duplex)
20A157.000157.000Port Operations
1021157.050157.050U.S. Coast Guard only
1022157.100157.100Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts.   Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
1023157.150157.150U.S. Coast Guard only
24157.200161.800Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
25157.250161.850Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
26157.300161.900Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
27157.350161.950Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
28157.400162.000Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
63A156.175156.175Port Operations and Commercial, VTS.  Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi  area.
65A156.275156.275Port Operations
66A156.325156.325Port Operations
67156.375156.375Commercial.  Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River.  Intership only.
68156.425156.425Non-Commercial
69156.475 156.475Non-Commercial
70156.525156.525Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed)
71156.575156.575 Non-Commercial
72156.625156.625Non-Commercial (Intership only)
73156.675156.675Port Operations
74156.725156.725Port Operations
77156.875156.875Port Operations (Intership only)
78A156.925156.925Non-Commercial
79A156.975156.975Commercial.  Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
80A157.025157.025Commercial.  Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
1081157.075157.075U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations.
1082157.125157.125U.S. Government only
1083157.175157.175U.S. Coast Guard only
84157.225161.825Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
85157.275161.875Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
86157.325161.925Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
AIS 1161.975161.975Automatic Identification System (AIS)
AIS 2162.025162.025Automatic Identification System (AIS)
88A157.425157.425Commercial, Intership only.

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