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

Steve B wrote:
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



From a west coast listing:

VHF Marine Frequencies


156.450 Ch.9
156.500 Ch. 10 Party boats
156.600 Ch 12 SF Port Ops
156.800 Ch 16 Coast Guard Hailing
157.050 Ch 21 Coast Guard Heli/Cutter
157.100 Ch 22 Coast Guard 22 alpha
162.000 Ch 26 Ft. Bragg Marine Operator
162.550 Weather Channel
156.275 Ch 65 Fishermen
156.325 Ch 66 Fishermen (We monitor)
156.375 Ch 67 Fishermen
156.425 Ch 68 Fishermen
156.475 Ch 69 Fishermen
156.525 Ch 70 Fishermen
156.575 Ch 71 Fishermen
156.625 Ch 72 Fishermen
156.925 Ch 78 Fishermen
157.175 Ch 83 Coast Guard Heli/Cutter
157.425 Ch 88 Fishermen (We monitor)

Harry wrote:
Steve B wrote:
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


From a west coast listing:

VHF Marine Frequencies


156.450 Ch.9
156.500 Ch. 10 Party boats
156.600 Ch 12 SF Port Ops
156.800 Ch 16 Coast Guard Hailing
157.050 Ch 21 Coast Guard Heli/Cutter
157.100 Ch 22 Coast Guard 22 alpha
162.000 Ch 26 Ft. Bragg Marine Operator
162.550 Weather Channel
156.275 Ch 65 Fishermen
156.325 Ch 66 Fishermen (We monitor)
156.375 Ch 67 Fishermen
156.425 Ch 68 Fishermen
156.475 Ch 69 Fishermen
156.525 Ch 70 Fishermen
156.575 Ch 71 Fishermen
156.625 Ch 72 Fishermen
156.925 Ch 78 Fishermen
157.175 Ch 83 Coast Guard Heli/Cutter
157.425 Ch 88 Fishermen (We monitor)



A more complete list:

http://www.mattstuff.nq.nu/scanfnq/fnqmaritime-vhf.html

"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.

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"Steve B" wrote in message
...
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.

Steve

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