Here are the official freq’s:
1001 01A 156.050 156.050 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. 1005 05A 156.250 156.250 Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas. 06 06 156.300 156.300 Intership Safety 1007 07A 156.350 156.350 Commercial. VDSMS 08 08 156.400 156.400 Commercial (Intership only). VDSMS 09 09 156.450 156.450 Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial. VDSMS 10 10 156.500 156.500 Commercial. VDSMS 11 11 156.550 156.550 Commercial. VTS in selected areas. VDSMS 12 12 156.600 156.600 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. 13 13 156.650 156.650 Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters. 14 14 156.700 156.700 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas. 15 15 -- 156.750 Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs. 16 16 156.800 156.800 International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel. See our Watchkeeping Regulations page <https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/radio-watchkeeping-regulations> . 17 17 156.850 156.850 State & local govt maritime control 1018 18A 156.900 156.900 Commercial. VDSMS 1019 19A 156.950 156.950 Commercial. VDSMS 20 20 157.000 161.600 Port Operations (duplex) 1020 20A 157.000 157.000 Port Operations 1021 21A 157.050 157.050 U.S. Coast Guard only 1022 22A 157.100 157.100 Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16. 1023 23A 157.150 157.150 U.S. Coast Guard only 24 24 157.200 161.800 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 25 25 157.250 161.850 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 26 26 157.300 161.900 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 27 27 157.350 161.950 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 28 28 157.400 162.000 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 1063 63A 156.175 156.175 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. 1065 65A 156.275 156.275 Port Operations 1066 66A 156.325 156.325 Port Operations 67 67 156.375 156.375 Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only. 68 68 156.425 156.425 Non-Commercial. VDSMS 69 69 156.475 156.475 Non-Commercial. VDSMS 70 70 156.525 156.525 Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed) 71 71 156.575 156.575 Non-Commercial. VDSMS 72 72 156.625 156.625 Non-Commercial (Intership only). VDSMS 73 73 156.675 156.675 Port Operations 74 74 156.725 156.725 Port Operations 77 77 156.875 156.875 Port Operations (Intership only) 1078 78A 156.925 156.925 Non-Commercial. VDSMS 1079 79A 156.975 156.975 Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only. VDSMS 1080 80A 157.025 157.025 Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only. VDSMS 1081 81A 157.075 157.075 U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations. 1082 82A 157.125 157.125 U.S. Government only 1083 83A 157.175 157.175 U.S. Coast Guard only 84 84 157.225 161.825 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 85 85 157.275 161.875 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 86 86 157.325 161.925 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 87 87 157.375 157.375 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator). VDSMS 88 88 157.425 157.425 Commercial, Intership only. VDSMS '73 (Best Wishes, for non-Hams) --... ...-- / -.. . / .-- .- ..... .-.. . . WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas <https://wa5lee.com/> https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He MS150 Command Post Manager Buffalo Bayou Regatta Communications Lead Hamshack Hotline 12019 Allstar Node 58417 Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital EMCOMM Team Tomball FD EMCOMM Team Lead PA Digital Radio Group NCO <https://padmr.net/> https://padmr.net Texas Lonestar DMR Network NCO <http://dmrtexas.net/> http://dmrtexas.net OMISS #1198 TDXS #219 ZOOM CHANNEL From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 8:24 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Jeff Greer <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Marine frequency wanted Marine VHF is all simplex; you never need a tone to listen. 😉 _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Gayle Dotts via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 8:09 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Gayle Dotts <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Marine frequency wanted Galveston problem....my beach house is in Gulf Shores Alabama. Just need a basic listen..no TX frequencies or two.... But is there a tone involved?? On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 8:04 PM Christopher Boone via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: USCG marine freq info https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/United_States_Coast_Guard On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 7:59 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: 16's for calling the Coast Guard; they apparently don't like if you even "radio check" there. After you call them there, they're likely to tell you to switch to 22 to keep 16 open. 9 is the "hailing channel." 69, 72, and a couple of others allow recreational boaters to talk to one another... Somebody around here likely knows the fun channels to monitor around Port of Houston, Galveston Bay, etc. I think a lot of kayak fishermen just use FRS/GMRS, though they may keep a marine VHF radio in the boat in case they get in trouble on the water... _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Christopher Boone via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 7:11 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Christopher Boone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Darren Harrison <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tom Watson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Marine frequency wanted Encryption is not used in Part 80 Marin So lots to listen to 🥲 Chris WB5ITT On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 6:30 PM Darren Harrison via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Yes, you can unless it’s encrypted, but you probably wouldn’t hear that anyway. Haha. I thought the conversation was about talking to them, my bad. Exit stage left. 73, Darren W5AKC _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Tom Watson via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 6:25:58 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Tom Watson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Marine frequency wanted I think you can listen to anything. On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 6:19 PM Darren Harrison via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Are those frequencies not outside VHF privileges for ham radio? Am I missing something?? 73, W5AKC Darren W5AKC _____ From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Christopher Boone via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 6:02:37 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Christopher Boone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Marine frequency wanted Calling freq Ch16 is 156.8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_VHF_radio#:~:text=It%20uses%20FM%20channels%20in,the%20VHF%20maritime%20mobile%20band <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMarine_VHF_radio%23%3A~%3Atext%3DIt%2520uses%2520FM%2520channels%2520in%2Cthe%2520VHF%2520maritime%2520mobile%2520band&data=05%7C01%7C%7C71b1359839364ab0b37b08daf8218c7b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638095120237788458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RocxxXqOk2SPi5tEMVZzbvyeeIEnYZQVot8mgMYwIl8%3D&reserved=0> . The most important channels on your VHF radio are 13, 16, 19, 22, and 70. Channels 24-28 used to be interesting with phone calls but they are usually quiet now as cell phones came along... Chris WB5ITT On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 5:52 PM Gayle Dotts via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello BVARC, Spending a lot of time at the beach. Wanting to possibly tap into some marine frequencies with corresponding tones. 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