User manual

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carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listenin
watch on this channel. 4
17 156.850 156.850 x State Control 5
18A 156.900 156.900 x Commercial
19A 156.950 156.950 x Commercial
20 157.000 161.600 Port Operations (duplex)
20A 157.000 157.000 x Port Operations
21A 157.050 157.050 x U.S. Coast Guard only
22A 157.100 157.100 x Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts.
Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
23A 157.150 157.150 x 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)
61A 156.075 156.075 x U.S. Government only
63A 156.175 156.175 x Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New
Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.
64A 156.225 156.225 x U.S. Coast Guard only
65A 156.275 156.275 x Port Operations
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. 6
68 156.425 156.425 x Non-Commercial
69 156.475 156.475 x Non-Commercial
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
77 156.875 156.875 x Port Operations (Intership only) 5
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. 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 x Commercial, Intership only
• Recreational boaters normally use channels listed as Non-Commercial: 68, 69, 71, 72, 78A.
• Channel 70 is used exclusively for Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and is not available for regular
voice communications.
• Channels 75 and 76 are reserved as guard bands for Channel 16 and are not available for regular
voice communications.
Notes:
1. The letter “A” following a channel number indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side of
an international semi-duplex channel. Operations are different from that of international operations
on that channel.
2. Channel 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 is Receive Only.
4. Channel 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress alerting.
5. Output power is fixed at 1 watt only.
6. Output power is initially set to 1 watt. User can temporarily override this restriction to transmit at
high power.
Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies