VHF marine radio frequencies list image/table

[stephen_h]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a colourful easy to read list of vhf marine radio frequencies.
I would like to print it of and put it near the radio so it is clear and easy to read.

Thanks, Steve

 

[lpdsn]

I'm not sure where to start, what do you have in mind?

A list of the actual frequencies for each channel?

A generic assignment of the channels? UK or International? Intership channels, bridge to bridge channels?

Local usage, e.g. Southampton VTS = 12, Portsmouth QHM = 11, Cairnryan = 14?

The channels used by the various coastguard VHF transmitters for the weather forecast?

 

[stephen_h]

Something like this but relevant to the uk -



I should have said channels not frequency.

 

[lpdsn]

Not seen anything, but surely not difficult to make your own and laminate it up.

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

This.
http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/freqlists/vhfmarinebases.pdf

 

[prv]

This.
http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/freqlists/vhfmarinebases.pdf

Not what the OP's looking for, but it could be a useful source of information for him to distill into what he does want.

Pete

 

[FirstAway]

Appendix C (page 45) might help to draw something up, http://www.northstarnav.co.uk/upload/Northstar/Documents/Manuals/MN000751C_EXP_721_725_OP_INSTAL.pdf

 

[stephen_h]

Appendix C (page 45) might help to draw something up, http://www.northstarnav.co.uk/upload/Northstar/Documents/Manuals/MN000751C_EXP_721_725_OP_INSTAL.pdf

Page 45 of what ? There's only 20 pages in the link above

 

[prv]

Page 45 of what ? There's only 20 pages in the link above

I see 64 pages in the PDF. Page 45 is a fairly generic table of channels.

Pages 11 and 12 of this Ofcom booklet are probably a better authoritative source for UK use.

All you need to actually know for most purposes is:

16 - distress and calling
80 - marinas
06, 08, 72, 77 - ship-to-ship working
13 - GMDSS bridge-to-bridge if you need to talk to a ship and can't raise them on 16.

The coastguard have a couple of working channels, but will direct you there after making contact on 16 first (the old Solent practice of routine calls direct on 67 seems to have died with the move to Fareham). They also have channels used for information broadcasts, but will announce them on 16 beforehand. Large ports have VTS you should listen to (and call, in the case of Portsmouth and Dover), and some smaller harbours have assigned working channels used similarly to ch80, but in all such cases you'd need to find them out from the pilot book (or port website ).

Pete

 

[stephen_h]

Great info thanks everyone.

Will make something up and laminate it.

Steve

 

[lpdsn]

Pages 11 and 12 of this Ofcom booklet are probably a better authoritative source for UK use.

All you need to actually know for most purposes is:

16 - distress and calling
80 - marinas
06, 08, 72, 77 - ship-to-ship working
13 - GMDSS bridge-to-bridge if you need to talk to a ship and can't raise them on 16.

The table doesn't seem to have been updated to take account of September's change of MSI channels.

However, I agree that what you've listed is fine generically. The OP might want to look up the local VTS & MSI channels if he wants his list to cover a particular part of the coast.

 

[ghostlymoron]

There's usually a list in the manual for your radio. In practice you only need to know a few.

 

[ShinyShoe]

I see 64 pages in the PDF. Page 45 is a fairly generic table of channels.

Pages 11 and 12 of this Ofcom booklet are probably a better authoritative source for UK use.

All you need to actually know for most purposes is:

16 - distress and calling
80 - marinas
06, 08, 72, 77 - ship-to-ship working
13 - GMDSS bridge-to-bridge if you need to talk to a ship and can't raise them on 16.

The coastguard have a couple of working channels, but will direct you there after making contact on 16 first (the old Solent practice of routine calls direct on 67 seems to have died with the move to Fareham). They also have channels used for information broadcasts, but will announce them on 16 beforehand. Large ports have VTS you should listen to (and call, in the case of Portsmouth and Dover), and some smaller harbours have assigned working channels used similarly to ch80, but in all such cases you'd need to find them out from the pilot book (or port website ).

Pete

You could probably add a few extras:

37A / M1
M2 / P4
(clubs and a few marinas maybe)

Coastwatch Ch 65

Your local MSI channels?


I'm not sure I understood the circle shape of the example posted... - what am I missing?

 

[prv]

You could probably add a few extras:

37A / M1
M2 / P4
(clubs and a few marinas maybe)

Coastwatch Ch 65

Your local MSI channels?

Good point on Coastwatch, I should have included that.

I mentioned the MSI channels, but without knowing where the OP sails we can't tell him what they are. In any case not especially important to pin them up by the radio since the Coastguard will announce them for you each time.

Not being into racing or clubs, I'm not sure I've ever used M1 or M2. I know there's a tiny number of marinas on M1, but I'd put them in the same category as harbour working channels - you know it's needed when the pilot book says so.

Pete

 

[RichardS]

I'm not sure I understood the circle shape of the example posted... - what am I missing?

I can't see anything wrong with the circle shape ..... but made the mistake of thinking that the channels were being listed around the outside in numerological order. I soon realised that some channels appear many times (up to 4 times I reckon) in different locations on the Outer Circle.

At that point I realised that the chap who designed the London Tube Map should be given the job.

Richard

 

[AntarcticPilot]

At that point I realised that the chap who designed the London Tube Map should be given the job.

Richard

Harry Beck, who is sadly deceased! But the tube map is a masterpiece of cartographic design.

 

[lpdsn]

UK MSI Channels and transmitter locations.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maritime-safety-information-leaflet

 

[lpdsn]

Irish Coast Guard Stations

http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/irishcg/irishcg.htm

It's not true that it is one bloke pretending to be all the separate stations. I believe it's three of them.

 

[ShinyShoe]

I can't see anything wrong with the circle shape ..... but made the mistake of thinking that the channels were being listed around the outside in numerological order. I soon realised that some channels appear many times (up to 4 times I reckon) in different locations on the Outer Circle.

Yes thats kind of what I meant.

I was expecting numerical or some other purpose for the layout - I don't know - find a channel and 180degrees opposite is the next best alternative if its busy or something...

At that point I realised that the chap who designed the London Tube Map should be given the job.

Aye - Harry Beck could do better... ...I think!

 

[mattonthesea]

Harry Beck, who is sadly deceased! But the tube map is a masterpiece of cartographic design.

where I learnt the meaning of topological