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USA VHF Marine Frequencies

Channel	Ship TX	Ship RX	Use / Notes / Comments
01A	156.0500	156.0500	Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area.
05A	156.2500	156.2500	Port Operations or VTS in Houston, New Orleans and Seattle.
6	156.3000	156.3000	Intership Safety
07A	156.3500	156.3500	Commercial
8	156.4000	156.4000	Commercial (Intership only)
9	156.4500	156.4500	Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial.
10	156.5000	156.5000	Commercial
11	156.5500	156.5500	Commercial. VTS in selected areas.
12	156.6000	156.6000	Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
13	156.6500	156.6500	Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters.
14	156.7000	156.7000	Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
15	GUARD	156.7500	Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs.
16	156.8000	156.8000	International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel.
17	156.8500	156.8500	State Control
18A	156.9000	156.9000	Commercial
19A	156.9500	156.9500	Commercial
20	157.0000	161.6000	Port Operations (duplex)
20A	157.0000	157.0000	Port Operations
21A	157.0500	157.0500	U.S. Coast Guard only
21A	157.0500	157.0500	USCG Sector Southern New England
21A	157.0500	157.0500	USCG Sector New York
21A	157.0500	157.0500	USCG Sector Long Island
22A	157.1000	157.1000	Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
23A	157.1500	157.1500	U.S. Coast Guard only
23A	157.1500	157.1500	USCG Sector Northern New England
23A	157.1500	157.1500	USCG Sector Field Office Moriches, NY
24	157.2000	161.8000	former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
25	157.2500	161.8500	former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
26	157.3000	161.9000	former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
27	157.3500	161.9500	former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
28	157.4000	162.0000	former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
63A	156.1750	156.1750	Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans/Lower Mississippi area.
65A	156.2750	156.2750	Port Operations
66A	156.3250	156.3250	Port Operations
67	156.3750	156.3750	Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only.
68	156.4250	156.4250	Non-Commercial
69	156.4750	156.4750	Non-Commercial
70	156.5250	156.5250	Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed)
71	156.5750	156.5750	Non-Commercial
72	156.6250	156.6250	Non-Commercial (Intership only)
73	156.6750	156.6750	Port Operations
74	156.7250	156.7250	Port Operations
75	GUARD	GUARD	GUARD Channel to Protect Ch.16 Emergency [156.7750]
76	GUARD	GUARD	GUARD Channel to Protect Ch.16 Emergency [167.8250]
77	156.8750	156.8750	Port Operations (Intership only)
78A	156.9250	156.9250	Non-Commercial
79A	156.9750	156.9750	Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
80A	157.0250	157.0250	Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
81A	157.0750	157.0750	U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations.
81A	157.0750	157.0750	USCG Sector Boston
82A	157.1250	157.1250	U.S. Government only
83A	157.1750	157.1750	U.S. Coast Guard only
83A	157.1750	157.1750	USCG Sector Field Office Southwest Harbor, ME
84	157.2250	161.8250	Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
85	157.2750	161.8750	Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
86	157.3250	161.9250	Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
87	157.3750	161.9750	Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
88	157.4250	162.0250	Public Correspondence only near Canadian border.
88A	157.4250	157.4250	Commercial, Intership only.