| Type of Message |
Appropriate
Channel(s) |
| DISTRESS SAFETY AND CALLING
- Use this channel to get the attention of another station
(calling) or in emergencies (distress and safety). |
16 |
| INTERSHIP SAFETY
- Use this channel for ship-to-ship safety messages and for search
and rescue messages and ships and aircraft of the Coast Guard. |
6 |
| COAST GUARD LIAISON
- Use this channel to talk to the Coast Guard (but first make
contact on Channel 16). |
22 |
| NONCOMMERCIAL
- Working channels for voluntary boats. Messages must be about the
needs of the ship. Typical uses include fishing reports,
rendezvous,scheduling repairs and berthing information. Use
Channels 67 and 72 only for ship-to-ship messages. |
96,
68, 69, 71, 72, 78,
794, 804, 677.
|
| COMMERCIAL
- Working channels for working ships only. Messages must be about
business or the needs of the ship. Use channels 8, 67, 72 and 88
only for ship-to-ship messages. |
15,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18,
19, 635, 677,
79, 80, 881 |
| PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE
(MARINE OPERATOR) - Use these
channels to call the marine operator at a public coast station. By
contacting a public coast station, you can make and receive calls
from telephones on shore. Except for distress calls, public coast
stations usually charge for this service. |
24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
84, 85,
86, 87, 882 |
| PORT OPERATIONS
- These channels are used in directing the movement of ships in or
near ports, locks or waterways. Messages must be about the
operational handling movement and safety of ships. In certain
major ports, Channels 11,12 and are not available for general port
operations messages. Use channel 20 only for ship-to-coast
messages. Channel 77 is limited to intership communications to and
from pilots |
15,
53, 12, 14, 20,
635, 65, 66, 73, 74, 77 |
| NAVIGATIONAL
- (Also known as the bridge-to-bridge channel.) This channel is
available to all ships. Messages must be about ship navigation,
for example, passing or meeting other ships. You must keep your
messages short. Your power output must not be more than one watt.
This is also the main working channel at most locks and
drawbridges. |
13, 67 |
| MARITIME CONTROL
- This channel may be used to talk to ships and coast stations
operated by state or local governments. Messages must pertain to
regulation and control, boating activities, or assistance to
ships. |
17 |
| DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING
- Use this channel for distress and safety calling and for general
purpose calling using only digital selective calling techniques. |
70 |
| WEATHER
- On these channels you may receive weather broadcasts of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These channels
are only for receiving. You cannot transmit on them. |
Wx-1 162.55
Wx-2 162.4
Wx-3 162.475 |
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