On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:06:53 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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I am going to take my Uniden Bearcat 245 XLT hand held scanner on the
cruise. What frequencies are commonly used by boaters, ships for
navigation, and harbor security. I know you might not be able to give me
exact frequencies, but if you give me a range, I can search, and catch
them, and store them.

Thx.

Steve


16 is the general hailing channel. 13 and or 11 can be vessel traffic
control.

Can you give me the actual frequency? Channel 1 downtown Las Vegas is
155.750. Can you be a little more specific? It's probably in the manual.
I will do some searching to get search parameters.

You're confusing land based VHF with marine VHF.

US marine VHF channels and their associated frequencies.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/vhf.htm

Program those in and let the scanner search when you are on your
cruise. Lock those in that get the most traffic.

These are the International marine VHF channels if you are taking a
foreign cruise.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/apps18.htm