Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

CHNo.TXFreqRXFreqSingleFreqUse
66A156.325156.325
x
Portoperations.
67156.375156.375
x
Commercial.
Usedforbridge-to-bridgecommunicationsinlowerMississippiriver
(Intershiponly).
68156.425156.425
x
Non-commercial.
69156.475156.475
x
Non-commercial.
71156.575156.575
x
Non-commercial.
72156.625156.625
x
Non-commercial(Intershiponly).
73156.675156.675
x
Portoperations.
74156.725156.725
x
Portoperations.
77
156.875156.875
x
Portoperations(Intershiponly).
78A156.925156.925
x
Non-commercial.
79A156.975156.975
x
Commercial.
Non-commercialinGreatLakesonly).
80A157.025157.025
x
Commercial.
Non-commercialinGreatLakesonly).
81A157.075157.075
x
USGovernmentonly—Environmentalprotectionoperations.
82A157.125157.125
x
USGovernmentonly.
83A157.175157.175
x
USGovernmentonly.
84157.225161.825
Publiccorrespondence(Marineoperator).
85157.275161.875
Publiccorrespondence(Marineoperator).
86157.325161.925
Publiccorrespondence(Marineoperator).
87157.375161.975
Publiccorrespondence(Marineoperator).
88157.425162.025
PubliccorrespondenceonlyneartheCanadianborder
88A157.425157.425
x
Commercial,Intershiponly.
Pleasebeawarethat:
•RecreationalboatersnormallyusechannelslistedasNon-commercial:68,69,71,7278A.
•Channel70isusedexclusivelyforDSCandisnotavailableforregularvoicecommunications.
•Channels75and76arereservedasguardsbandsforchannel16andarenotavailableforregular
voicecommunications.
Note:
1.Theletter‘A’followingachannelnumberindicatessimplexuseoftheshipstationtransmitsideof
aninternationalsemi-duplexchannel.Operationsaredifferentfromthatofinternationaloperations
onthatchannel.
2.Channel13shouldbeusedtocontactashipwhenthereisdangerofcollision.Allshipsoflength
20metresorgreaterarerequiredtoguardVHFchannel13,inadditiontoVHFchannel16,when
operatingwithinUSterritorialwaters.
3.Channel15isreceiveonly.
4.Channel16isusedforcallingotherstationsorfordistresscalls.
5.Channel17andchannel77haveaxedpoweroutputof1watt.
6.Channel13andchannel67haveaninitialpoweroutputof1watt.Usercantemporarilyoverridethis
restrictionstotransmitathighpower.
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