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Quad Cities Marine Frequencies
Agency Frequency/Talkgroup Notes
General Marine Frequencies
Conventional Radios
156.300 Channel 6 - Intership Safety
  156.350 Channel 7A - Commercial
  156.400 Channel 8 - Commercial (Intership only)
  156.450 Channel 9 - Boater Calling; Commercial and Non-Commercial
  156.500 Channel 10 - Commercial
  156.550 Channel 11 - Commercial; VTS in selected areas
  156.600 Channel 12 -Port Operations; VTS in selected areas
  156.650 Channel 13 - Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge)
  156.700 Channel 14 - Port Operations; VTS in selected areas
  156.800 Channel 16 - International Distress, Safety and Calling; Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel
  156.850 Channel 17 - State Control
  156.900 Channel 18A - Commercial
  156.950 Channel 19A - Commercial
  157.000 Channel 20A - Port Operations
U.S. Coast Guard, District 8
Conventional Radios
157.050 Channel 21A - U.S. Coast Guard only
  157.100 Channel 22A - Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts; Broadcasts announced on channel 16
  157.150 Channel 23A - U.S. Coast Guard only
  156.275 Channel 65A - Port Operations
  156.325 Channel 66A - Port Operations
  156.425 Channel 68 - Non-Commercial
  156.475 Channel 69 - Non-Commercial
  156.575 Channel 71 - Non-Commercial
  156.575 Channel 72 - Non-Commercial (Intership only)
  156.675 Channel 73 - Port Operations
  156.725 Channel 74 - Port Operations
  156.875 Channel 77 - Port Operations (Intership only)
  156.925 Channel 78A - Non-Commercial
  156.975 Channel 79A - Commercial
  157.025 Channel 80A - Commercial
  157.075 Channel 81A - U.S. Government only - Environmental protection operations
  157.125 Channel 82A - U.S. Government only
  157.175 Channel 83A - U.S. Coast Guard only
  157.425 Channel 88A - Commercial (Intership only)


Last Modified: 28-June-2004
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