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RAMN 2005

CANADIAN MARITIME MOBILE SAFETY AND PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE COMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES

The frequencies listed below are those in general use by ships in Canadian waters for intership communications and for ship/shore communications with MCTS Centres operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.

Part 2 of this publication contains individual listings for MCTS Centres operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, giving details of the communication and special services provided to ships.

Frequencies Ship kHz Coast kHz	Channel	Type of Emission	Purpose and Remarks
	490		F1B	NAVTEX Service (French)
	518		F1B	NAVTEX Service (English)
2040			J3E	Intership (vessels other than fishing and towing)
2054	2054		J3E	Public correspondence
2182	2182		J3E	International distress and calling.
2187.5	2187.5		G2B	Distress, safety & calling (DSC)
2318			J3E	Intership (fishing vessels).
2340	2458		J3E	Public correspondence
2366			J3E	Intership (other than fishing vessels).
2638			J3E	Intership (shared with U.S. vessels)
2738			J3E	Intership (shared with U.S. vessels)
3023	3023		J3E	International SAR On-Scene (Aircraft /Vessels)
4071	4363	403	J3E	Public correspondence
4125	4125		J3E	International SAR On-Scene (Aircraft /Vessels)
4177.5	4177.5		F1B	Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
4207.5	4207.5		F1B	Alerting frequency (DSC)
5608	5608		J3E	International SAR On-Scene (Aircraft /Vessels)
5803	5803		J3E	Distress & calling (Athabaska & Mackenzie Inland waterways)
6215	6215		J3E	International distress and calling
6267	6318.5		F1B	Radioteletype
6268	6268		F1B	Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
6312	6312		F1B	Alerting frequency (DSC)
8291	8291		J3E	International distress and calling
8376.5	8376.5		F1B	Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
8414.5	8414.5		F1B	Alerting frequency (DSC)
12290	12290		J3E	International distress and calling
12520	12520		F1B	Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
12577	12577		F1B	Alerting frequency (DSC)
16420	16420		J3E	International distress and calling
16695	16695		F1B	Narrow Band Direct Printing (NDBP)
16804.5	16804.5		F1B	Alerting frequency (DSC)


Frequencies Ship MHz Coast MHz	Channel	Type of Emission	Purpose and Remarks
156.25	156.25	05A	F3E	Vessel Traffic Services
156.3		06	F3E	Intership safety and International SAR On-Scene (Aircraft /Vessels)
156.525	156.525	70	G2B	Alerting frequency (DSC)
156.55	156.55	11	F3E	Vessel Traffic Services and Pilotage
156.575	156.575	71	F3E	Vessel Traffic Services
156.6	156.6	12	F3E	VTS/Ports Operations/Pilotage
156.65	156.65	13	F3E	Bridge to Bridge navigational traffic
156.7	156.7	14	F3E	VTS/Ports Operations/Pilotage
156.725	156.725	74	F3E	Vessel Traffic Services
156.8	156.8 161.65	16 21B	F3E F3E	International distress, safety and calling Weather & NOTSHIP broadcasts

Frequencies Ship MHz Coast MHz	Channel	Type of Emission	Purpose and Remarks
156.925	156.925	78A	F3E	Intership for Fishing vessels
157.100	157.100	22A	F3E	Ship and Canadian Coast Guard liaison
157.3	161.9	26	F3E	Public Correspondence
157.225	161.825 162.400 162.475 162.55	84 WX2 WX3 WX1	F3E F3E F3E F3E	Public Correspondence Weather & Notices to Shipping broadcasts Weather & Notices to Shipping broadcasts Weather & Notices to Shipping broadcasts

Notes Reference VHF

(a)“A” following a channel number means Simplex Operation on the ship station transmitting frequency.

“B” following a channel number means ship stations receive only the higher coast station transmitting frequency.

Updated: 18/07/2005

Important Notices