98stratus wrote:

Channel 13 is not a ship to ship channel, it's a bridge hailing channel
which is why you don't need 25w to Tx. You'd blow their ears off at 25 w
(considering you're within line of sight when you normally contact a bridge)

It's also the primary contact channel for commercial traffic, tugs and
freighters, at least here on the Chesapeake. That's ship-to-ship.

If You're hailing Mrina's on 16, you'll never get an anwer as the hailing
channel for marina's is 68, been that way for over 20 years! This is to
help reduce the clutter on 16,, though this hasn't helped much. There are
still too many mulletheads talking on 16.

Pierre

Again, on the Chesapeake, most marinas monitor 16. A few have recently
switched to monitoring 9. Any of the "general" channels are used for
their working channel, but few seem to monitor their working channel.
You only get them just as they're just finishing up with a different
customer and haven't switched back ot 16. Only the taxis keep to 68 or
72 or whatever, and they post that prominently on their signboards.

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