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Operation: Top Marine SSB/HAM Radio Frequencies

Updated in 2018
Updates are appreciated!

SSB/HAM Category     

     Freq kHz                      Mode                           Description

Safety

01  2182                             USB                             International distress and calling

02  2638                             USB                             Ship-to-ship Ultra Short Range

03  2670                             USB                             Coast Guard SSB Short Range

04  4125                             USB                             Ship safety and Canadian weather

05  4426 Rx                        USB                             Coast Guard channel 424

     4134 Tx                        

06  8764 Rx                        USB                             Coast Guard channel 816

     8240 Tx                                                            

07  13089 Rx                      USB                             Coast Guard channel 1205

     12242 Tx                      

08  17314 Rx                      USB                             Coast Guard channel 1625

     16432 Tx

Ship-to-ship

     12353                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “12a”

     12356                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “12b”

     12359                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “12c” [Herb – Atlantic ]

     16528                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “16a”

     16531                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “16b”

     16534                           USB                             Ship-to-ship “16c”

     

Time

     2500                             AMWWV time and weather signals

     5000                             AMWWV time and weather signals

     10000                           AMWWV time and weather signals

     15000                           AMWWV time and weather signals

 

Weather

     1070                             AMBroadcast Band

     13270                           USB                             East Coast Air Tower Weather

     13282                           USB                             West Coast Air Tower Weather

     27125                           AMCB Channel 14 (Coastal Mexico )

Weather Fax

     11120.1                         USB                             US Force

     6338.6                          USB                             Boston

     9108.1                          USB                             Boston

     12748.1                         USB                             Boston

     10534.1                         USB                             Canada – East Coast

     13508.1                         USB                             Canada – East Coast

     12751.1                         USB                             Canada – West Coast

     4316                             USB                             New Orleans – Gulf

     8502                             USB                             New Orleans – Gulf

     12788                           USB                             New Orleans – Gulf

     4344.1                          USB                             Pacific Coast

     8680.1                          USB                             Pacific Coast

     12728.1                         USB                             Pacific Coast

     17149.3                         USB                             Pacific Coast

     9980.6                          USB                             Honolulu

     11088.1                         USB                             Honolulu

     16133.1                         USB                             Honolulu

News (BBC, Voice of America , etc)

     5935                             AMShortwave News

     9955                             AMShortwave News

     12172                           USB                             Shortwave News

     13760                           AMShortwave News

     15685                           AMShortwave News

Telephone

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     4369 Rx                        USB                             WLO Tel Ch 405

     4077 Tx                        

     4396 Rx                        USB                             WLO Tel Ch 414

     4104 Tx

     8788Rx                         USB                             WLO Tel Ch 824

     8264 Tx

     8803 Rx                        USB                             WLO Tel Ch 829

     8279 Tx                        

     8806 Rx                        USB                             WLO Tel Ch 830

     8282 Tx                        

     13110 Rx                      USB                             WLO Tel Ch 1212

     12263 Tx

     13149 Rx                      USB                             WLO Tel Ch 1225

     12302 Tx

     13152 Rx                      USB                             WLO Tel Ch 1226

     12305 Tx

     17260 Rx                      USB                             WLO Tel Ch 1607

     16378 Tx

     17362 Rx                      USB                             WLO Tel Ch 1641

     16480 TX                      

Nets

     3815                             LSB                              South Pacific net, evenings

     3856                             LSB                              Taco net, evenings

     3964                             LSB                              East Coast Waterway net, early morning

     3968                             LSB                              Sonrisa Mexico net, early morning

     4051                             USB                             Baja southbound net, evening

     4060                             USB                             Baja southbound net, evening

     7238                             LSB                              Baja California net, 7:00 am

     7241                             LSB                              Caribbean net, early morning

     7268                             LSB                              East Coast Waterway net, morning

     7192                             LSB                              Chubasco Mexico net, 7:00 am

     7294                             LSB                              Sandia Mexico net, evenings

     8104                             USB                             Baja southbound net, early morning

     14300                           USB                             Intercontinental marine net, 24 hours

     14313                           USB                             Daily marine, evening Pacific Maritime net

     14325                           USB                             Hurricane nets

     14340                           USB                             Manana net, 11:00 am

     21390                           USB                             East coast Halo net, daytime

     21402                           USB                             Pacific maritime net, afternoons

     21412                           USB                             Maritime mobile net, afternoons

     21415                           USB                             Happy Hour Maritime mobile net, evenings

     28400                           USB                             Center frequency, 10 meters



     
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