| 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 |
former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
|
| 85 |
157.2750 |
161.8750 |
former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
|
| 86 |
157.3250 |
161.9250 |
former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
|
| 87 |
157.3750 |
161.9750 |
former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
|
| 88 |
157.4250 |
162.0250 |
former Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) only near Canadian border.
|
| 88A |
157.4250 |
157.4250 |
Commercial, Intership only.
|
| AIS 1 |
161.9750 |
161.9750 |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/enav/ais/default.htm
|
| AIS 2 |
162.0250 |
162.0250 |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/enav/ais/default.htm
|