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Marine Communications & Traffic Services

RAMN 2005

PART 2

COMOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre

Call Sign: VAC

Communication Sites located at (NAD 27):

Alert Bay

50 35 12 N

126 55 28 W

Discovery Mountain

50 19 25 N

125 22 16 W

Port Hardy

50 41 35 N

127 41 53 W

Cape Lazo

49 42 24 N

124 51 41 W

Texada Island

49 41 47 N

124 26 07 W

For Radio Services call Comox Coast Guard Radio.

For Vessel Traffic Services call Comox Traffic.

Mailing address:Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Canadian Coast Guard

Officer-in-Charge - MCTS Operations

Comox MCTS Centre

P.O. Box 220

Lazo, British Columbia

V0R 2K0

Telephone Numbers:(250) 339-2523Officer-in-Charge

(250) 339-3613MCTS Operations/Supervisor

(250) 339-0748Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) - South area

(250) 974-5305Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) - North area

1-866-823-1110Toll Free MCTS Operations

Facsimile:(250) 339-2372

Electronic mail: MCTSCOMOX@DFO-MPO.GC.CA

Web site: http:// www.pacific.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/mcts/mctscomox/index.htm

MMSI: 00 316 0014

Effective August 1, 2003, Canada had declared A1 VHF/DSC in SEA AREA A1.


MCTS Comox/VAC - Ship/shore Communications:

Sites

Channel

Frequencies

Transmit Receive

Remarks

Cape Lazo

Ch16

Ch22A

Ch26

Ch71

Discovery

Mountain

Ch16

Ch22A

Ch70

Ch71

Ch84

Alert Bay

Ch16

Ch22A

Ch26

Ch71

Port Hardy

Ch16

Ch22A

Ch70

Ch71

Ch84

Texada Island

Ch16

Ch22A

Ch70

Ch71

Ch84

MCTS Comox/VAC - Broadcasts:

Time PST

Frequency

Contents

0720

WX1

Texada Island

Alert Bay

WX3

Port Hardy

Ch21B

Discovery Mtn.

Cape Lazo

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Safety Notices to Shipping.

Notices to Shipping.

1320

WX1

Texada Island

Alert Bay

WX3

Port Hardy

Ch21B

Discovery Mtn.

Cape Lazo

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Safety Notices to Shipping.

Notices to Shipping.


MCTS Comox/VAC - Broadcasts:

Time PST

Frequency

Contents

2020

WX1

Texada Island

Alert Bay

WX3

Port Hardy

Ch21B

Discovery Mtn.

Cape Lazo

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Safety Notices to Shipping.

Notices to Shipping.

Continuous

North

WX1

Alert Bay

WX3

Port Hardy

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Synopsis and weather forecasts for areas 5,6,11,12,13,14,15

Safety Notices to Shipping.

Continuous

South

WX1

Texada Island

Ch21B

Discovery Mtn.

(Sonora Island)

Cape Lazo

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Synopsis and weather forecasts for areas 11,12 and 13.

Safety Notices to Shipping


MCTS Comox/VAC - Traffic Lists:

Time PST

Frequency

Sites

0720

WX1

WX3

Ch21B

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Texada Island

Alert Bay

Port Hardy

Discovery Mountain

Cape Lazo

1320

WX1

WX3

Ch21B

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Texada Island

Alert Bay

Port Hardy

Discovery Mountain

Cape Lazo

2020

WX1

WX3

Ch21B

RADIOTELEPHONY:

Texada Island

Alert Bay

Port Hardy

Discovery Mountain

Cape Lazo



Updated: 18/07/2005

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