Sec.  80.373   Private communications frequencies.

   This section describes the carrier frequencies assignable for ship-to-ship
   and ship-to-coast private communications.

   (a) Special requirements for private coast stations. Assignment to private
   coast stations of radiotelephony frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz band are
   subject to the following:

   (1) Private coast stations must see J3E emission.

   (2) On 2182 kHz, private coast stations must be capable of receiving J3E and
   H3E emissions.

   (3) Except in the Mississippi River System and Great Lakes, private coast
   stations serving lakes or rivers are not authorized on the 2000–2850 kHz
   band.

   (4) Private coast stations may use DSC for calling on their assigned
   frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz band and on those frequencies in the
   156–162 MHz band which are allocated for maritime control, commercial and
   non-commercial communications.

   (b) Frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz band for intership safety and other
   communications. This paragraph describes the geographic areas of operation
   and the frequencies and liminations in the band available for assignment for
   intership safety and operational simplex radiotelephone communications.

   (1) Frequencies avaiable.


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          Carrier frequency (kHz)                  Geographic area
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2003.0....................................  Great Lakes only.
2082.5 \1,2\..............................  All areas.
2093.0 \1\................................  All areas.
2142.0....................................  Pacific coast areas south of
                                             42 degrees north on a day
                                             basis only.
2203.0 \2\................................  Gulf of Mexico.
2214.0 \1\................................  All areas.
2638.0 \1\................................  All areas.
2670.0....................................  All areas.
2738.0 \1\................................  All areas except the Great
                                             Lakes.
2830.0....................................  Gulf of Mexico only.
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\1\ Limited to a peak envelope power of 150 watts.
\2\ Available on a secondary basis for intership communications by ships
  involved in non-commercial fishing.

   (2) Except for 2093.0 kHz and 2214.0 kHz the frequencies shown in paragraph
   (b)(1) of this section are authorized primarily for intership safety
   communications in the indicated geographic area.

   (3) Except for the frequencies 2093.0 kHz, 2214.0 Khz and 2670.0 kHz the
   frequencies shown in paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be used on a
   non-interference basis to safety communications, for operational
   communications and in the case of commercial transport ships and ships of
   municipal and state governments, for business communications.

   (4) Ship stations may communicate with government coast stations on 2003.0
   kHz about passage of vessels. Interference must not be caused to
   communications on the St. Lawrence Seaway and on the St. Mary's River.

   (5) Ship stations may use 2670.0 kHz for communications with coast and ship
   stations of the U.S. Coast Guard. When a ship is not equipped to transmit on
   2670.0 kHz or in the band 156–162 MHz the frequency 2003.0 kHz may be used
   on the Great Lakes for communications must not cause harmful interference to
   intership safety, operational and business communications.

   (6) Navigational communications between ships and private coast stations may
   be exchanged on 2738.0 kHz and 2830.0 kHz. The frequencies 2214.0 kHz2738.0
   kHz and 2830.0 kHz are assignable to private coast stations upon a showing
   that they need to communicate with commercial transport or Government ships.
   Private coast station applicants must show that public coast stations do not
   provide the required communications and harmful interference will not be
   caused to the intership use of these frequencies. The transmitter power must
   not exceed 150 watts. If 2214.0 kHz is authorized for ships, intership
   communication is also authorized. The geographic limitations to the
   frequencies 2738.0 KHz and 2830.0 Khz do not prohibit intership
   communication of less than 320 km (200 statute miles) when only one of the
   ship stations is within a permitted use geographic area.

   (7) Private aircraft stations may communicate with ship stations on 2738.0
   kHz and 2830.0 kHz if:

   (i) The communications are limited to business or operational needs of the
   vessel while it is engaged in commercial fishing activities in the open sea
   or adjacent waters;

   (ii) Harmful interference must not be caused to intership communications;

   (iii) The maximum output power used for such communication must not exceed
   25 watts;

   (c) Frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz bands for business and operational
   communications. (1) The following simplex frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz
   band are available for assignment to private coast stations for business and
   operational radiotelephone communications. These simplex frequencies also
   are available for use by authorized ship stations for business and
   operational radiotelephone communications.

           Business and Operational Frequencies in the 2000-27500 kHz Band; Car
rier Frequencies (kHz)
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2065.0 \1,3\....................................    4146    6224    8294   1235
3   16528   18840   22159   25115
2079.0 \1,3\....................................    4149    6227    8297   1235
6   16531   18843   22162   25118
2096.5 \1\......................................    4125    6230  ......   1235
9   16534  ......   22165  ......
                                                     \2\
3023.0 \4\......................................    4417    6516  ......  .....
.  ......  ......   22168  ......
                                                     \5\
                                                    5680  ......  ......  .....
.  ......  ......   22171  ......
                                                     \4\
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\1\ Limited to peak envelope power of 150 watts.
\2\ The frequency 4125 kHz is also available for distress and safety, and calli
ng and reply, see  Sec.  80.369
  (b) and (d) of this part.
\3\ The frequencies 2065.0 kHz and 2079.0 kHz must be coordinated with Canada.
\4\ The frequencies 3023.0 kHz and 5680.0 kHz are available to private coast st
ations licensed to state and
  local governments and any scene-of-action ships for the purpose of search and
 rescue scene-of-action
  coordination including communications with any scene-of-action aircraft.
\5\ The frequency 6516 kHz is limited to daytime operations. The frequencies 44
17 kHz and 6516 kHz are also
  available for calling and reply, see  Sec.  80.369(d) of this part.

   (2) Assignment of these frequencies is subject to the following general
   limitations:

   (i) These frequencies are shared and are not available for the exclusive use
   of any station. No more than one frequency from each of the frequency bands
   will be authorized to a private station without justification;

   (ii) The emissions must be J3E or J2D except that when DSC is used the
   emission must be F1B or J2B; and

   (iii) Maximum transmitter output power is limited to 1 kW except as noted.

   (3) In addition to the frequencies shown in paragraph (c)(1) of this
   section, the following coast transmit frequencies listed in the table in
    Sec. 80.371(a) of this chapter are available for assignment to private coast
   stations and authorized ship stations for simplex business and operational
   radiotelephone communications: in the East Coast, West Coast, and Gulf Coast
   regions, 2482 kHz; in the Alaska region, 2309 kHz. These frequencies shall
   not be assigned to public coast stations before July 25, 2002. After that
   date, only the above frequencies in the above regions that have been
   assigned to at least one private coast station shall continue to be
   available for assignment to private coast stations. If, by that date, in any
   of the above regions, any of the above frequencies has not been assigned to
   a private coast station, that frequency in that region shall be available
   for assignment only to public coast stations.

   (d) Radioprinter frequencies. (1) The following table describes the bands
   available for radioprinter simplex communications between ship and private
   coast stations:

   Frequency Bands (kHz)

   2107–2170  4750–4850

   2194–2495  5060–5450

   2505–2850  5700–5950 ^1

   3155–3400  7300–8100 ^1

   4438–4650

   ^1 After April 1, 2007, use of the sub-bands 5900–5950 kHz and 7300–7350 kHz
   shall be on the condition that harmful interference is not caused to HF
   broadcasting.

   (2) Ship stations may conduct radioprinter communications with private coast
   stations on frequencies within these bands which are assigned to their
   associated private coast stations;

   (3) Any alphanumeric code may be used; and

   (4) The bandwidth of radioprinter communications on frequencies within these
   bands must not exceed 300 Hz.

   (e) Frequencies in the 2000–27500 kHz band for medical advisory
   communications. (1) Private coast stations may be authorized to use any
   frequencies within the 2030–27500 kHz band that are allocated to Government
   and non-Government fixed or fixed and mobile radio services shown in the
   Commission's Table of Frequency Allocations contained in  Sec. 2.106 of this
   chapter for communications with ship stations to provide medical treatment
   information or advice. Assignment of these frequencies is subject to the
   following limitations:

   (2) No protection is provided from harmful interference caused by foreign
   stations; and

   (3) A private coast station must cease operations on a frequency that causes
   harmful interference to a foreign station.

   (f) Frequencies in the 156–162 MHz band. The following tables describe the
   carrier frequencies available in the 156–162 MHz band for radiotelephone
   communications between ship and private coast stations. (Note: the letter
   “A” following the channel designator indicates simplex operation on a
   channel designated internationally as a duplex channel.)

                                       Frequencies in the 156-162 MHz Band
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                                          Carrier frequency  Carrier frequency
      Points of communication
           Channel designator                 (MHz) ship        (MHz) coast
 (intership and between coast and
                                               transmit           transmit
 ship unless otherwise indicated)
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                                                 Port Operations
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01A\1\..................................            156.050            156.050
 ................................
63A\1\..................................            156.175            156.175
 ................................
05A \2\.................................            156.250            156.250
65A.....................................            156.275            156.275
 ................................
66A.....................................            156.325            156.325
 ................................
12 \3\..................................            156.600            156.600
 ................................
73......................................            156.675            156.675
 ................................
14 \3\..................................            156.700            156.700
 ................................
74......................................            156.725            156.725
 ................................
75 \18\.................................            156.775            156.775
 ................................
76 \18\.................................            156.825            156.825
 ................................
77 \4\..................................            156.875  .................
 Intership only.
20A \12\................................            157.000  .................
 Intership only.
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                                       Navigational (Bridge-to-Bridge) \5\
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13 \6\..................................            156.650            156.650
67 \7\..................................            156.375            156.375
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                                                   Commercial
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01A\1\..................................            156.050            156.050
 ................................
63A\1\..................................            156.175            156.175
 ................................
07A.....................................            156.350            156.350
 ................................
67 \7\..................................            156.375  .................
 Intership only.
08......................................            156.400  .................
 Do.
09......................................            156.450            156.450
 ................................
10......................................            156.500            156.500
 ................................
11 \3\..................................            156.550            156.550
 ................................
18A.....................................            156.900            156.900
 ................................
19A.....................................            156.950            156.950
 ................................
79A.....................................            156.975            156.975
 ................................
80A.....................................            157.025            157.025
 ................................
88A\8\..................................            157.425  .................
 Intership only.
72 \14\.................................            156.625  .................
 Intership only.
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                                            Digital Selective Calling
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70 \15\.................................            156.525            156.525
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                                                  Noncommercial
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68 \17\.................................            156.425            156.425
 ................................
09 \16\.................................            156.450            156.450
 ................................
69......................................            156.475            156.475
 ................................
71\19\..................................            156.575            156.575
72......................................            156.625  .................
 Intership only.
78A.....................................            156.925            156.925
 ................................
79A.....................................            156.975            156.975
 Great Lakes only.
80A.....................................            157.025            157.025
 Do.
67 \14\.................................            156.375  .................
 Intership only.
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                                          Distress, Safety and Calling
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16......................................            156.800            156.800
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                                                Intership Safety
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06......................................            156.300  .................
 a. Intership, or b. For SAR:

  Ship and aircraft for the U.S.

  Coast Guard.
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                                                  Environmental
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15 \13\.................................  .................            156.750
 Coast to ship only.
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                                                Maritime Control
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17 \9,10\...............................            156.850            156.850
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                                 Liaison and Safety Broadcasts, U.S. Coast Guar
d
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22A\11\.................................            157.100            157.100
 Ship, aircraft, and coast

  stations of the U.S. Coast

  Guard and at Lake Mead, Nev.,

  ship and coast stations of the

  National Park Service, U.S.

  Department of the Interior.
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\1\ 156.050 MHz and 156.175 MHz are available for port operations and commercia
l communications purposes when
  used only within the U.S. Coast Guard designated Vessel Traffic Services (VTS
) area of New Orleans, on the
  lower Mississippi River from the various pass entrances in the Gulf of Mexico
 to Devil's Swamp Light at River
  Mile 242.4 above head of passes near Baton Rouge.
\2\ 156.250 MHz is available for port operations communications use only within
 the U.S. Coast Guard designated
  VTS radio protection areas of New Orleans and Houston described in  Sec.  80.383.
156.250 MHz is available for
  intership port operations communications used only within the area of Los Ang
eles and Long Beach harbors,
  within a 25-nautical mile radius of Point Fermin, California.
\3\ 156.550 MHz, 156.600 MHz and 156.700 MHz are available in the U.S. Coast Gu
ard designated port areas only
  for VTS communications and in the Great Lakes available primarily for communi
cations relating to the movement
  of ships in sectors designated by the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora
tion or the U.S. Coast Guard. The
  use of these frequencies outside VTS and ship movement sector protected areas
 is permitted provided they cause
  no interference to VTS and ship movement communications in their respective d
esignated sectors.
\4\ Use of 156.875 MHz is limited to communications with pilots regarding the m
ovement and docking of ships.
  Normal output power must not exceed 1 watt.
\5\ 156.375 MHz and 156.650 MHz are available primarily for intership navigatio
nal communications. These
  frequencies are available between coast and ship on a secondary basis when us
ed on or in the vicinity of locks
  or drawbridges. Normal output power must not exceed 1 watt. Maximum output po
wer must not exceed 10 watts for
  coast stations or 25 watts for ship stations.
\6\ On the Great Lakes, in addition to bridge-to-bridge communications, 156.650
 MHz is available for vessel
  control purposes in established vessel traffic systems. 156.650 MHz is not av
ailable for use in the
  Mississippi River from South Pass Lighted Whistle Buoy ``2'' and Southwest Pa
ss entrance Mid-channel Lighted
  Whistle Buoy to mile 242.4 above Head of Passes near Baton Rouge. Additionall
y it is not available for use in
  the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal, a
nd the Inner Harbor Navigational
  Canal, except to aid the transition from these areas.
\7\ Use of 156.375 MHz is available for navigational communications only in the
 Mississippi River from South
  Pass Lighted Whistle Buoy ``2'' and Southwest Pass entrance Mid-channel Light
ed Whistle Buoy to mile 242.4
  above Head of Passes near Baton Rouge, and in addition over the full length o
f the Mississippi River-Gulf
  Outlet Canal from entrance to its junction with the Inner Harbor Navigational
 Canal, and over the full length
  of the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal from its junction with the Mississippi
 River to its entry to Lake
  Pontchartrain at the New Seabrook vehicular bridge.
\8\ Within 120 km (75 miles) of the United States/Canada border, in the area of
 the Puget Sound and the Strait
  of Juan de Fuca and its approaches, 157.425 MHz is half of the duplex pair de
signated as Channel 88. In this
  area, Channel 88 is available to ship stations for communications with public
 coast stations only. More than
  120 km (75 miles) from the United States/Canada border, in the area of the Pu
get Sound and the Strait of Juan
  de Fuca, its approaches, the Great Lakes, and the St. Lawrence Seaway, 157.42
5 MHz is available for intership
  and commercial communications. Outside Puget Sound area and its approaches an
d the Great Lakes, 157.425 MHz is
  also available for communications between commercial fishing vessels and asso
ciated aircraft while engaged in
  commercial fishing activities.
\9\ When the frequency 156.850 MHz is authorized, it may be used additionally f
or search and rescue training
  exercises conducted by state or local governments.
\10\ The frequency 156.850 MHz is additionally available to coast stations on t
he Great Lakes for transmission
  of scheduled Coded Marine Weather Forecasts (MAFOR), Great Lakes Weather Broa
dcast (LAWEB) and unscheduled
  Notices to Mariners or Bulletins. F3C and J3C emissions are permitted. Coast
stations on the Great Lakes must
  cease weather broadcasts which cause interference to stations operating on 15
6.800 MHz until the interference
  problem is resolved.
\11\ The frequency 157.100 MHz is authorized for search and rescue training exe
rcises by state or local
  government in conjunction with U.S. Coast Guard stations. Prior U.S. Coast Gu
ard approval is required. Use
  must cease immediately on U.S. Coast Guard request.
\12\ The duplex pair for channel 20 (157.000/161.600 MHz) may be used for ship
to coast station communications.
\13\ Available for assignment to coast stations, the use of which is in accord
with an agreed program, for the
  broadcast of information to ship stations concerning the environmental condit
ions in which vessels operate,
  i.e., weather; sea conditions; time signals; notices to mariners; and hazards
 to navigation.
\14\ Available only in the Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
\15\ The frequency 156.525 MHz is to be used exclusively for distress, safety a
nd calling using digital
  selective calling techniques. No other uses are permitted.
\16\ The frequency 156.450 MHz is available for intership, ship and coast gener
al purpose calling by
  noncommercial vessels, such as recreational boats and private coast stations.
\17\ The frequency 156.425 MHz is assigned by rule to private coast stations in
 Alaska for facsimile
  transmissions as well as voice communications.
\18\ The frequencies 156.775 and 156.825 MHz are available for navigation-relat
ed port operations or ship
  movement only, and all precautions must be taken to avoid harmful interferenc
e to channel 16. Transmitter
  output power is limited to 1 watt for ship stations, and 10 watts for coast s
tations.
\19\ 156.575 MHz is available for port operations communications use only withi
n the U.S. Coast Guard designated
  VTS radio protection area of Seattle (Puget Sound) described in  Sec.  80.383. Nor
mal output power must not
  exceed 1 watt. Maximum output power must not exceed 10 watts.

   (g) On-board communications: This section describes the carrier frequency
   pairs assignable for on-board mobile radiotelephony communications. The
   center of the on-board repeater antenna must not be located more than 3
   meters (10 feet) above the ship's working deck. These frequencies are
   available on a shared basis with stations in the Business Radio Service.

                 Frequencies for On-Board Communications
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                                             Carrier frequency (MHz)
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                Channel                                      On-board
                                        On-board mobile      repeater
                                            station        station \1\
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1.....................................          467.750          457.525
2.....................................          467.775          457.550
3.....................................          467.800          457.575
4.....................................          467.825         457.600
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\1\ These frequencies may also be assigned to mobile stations for single
  frequency simplex operation.

   (h) Repeater frequencies in Alaska. The following frequencies are assignable
   on a primary basis to public and on a secondary basis to private coast
   stations in Alaska for maritime repeater operations:

   Repeater receive: 157.275 MHz

   Repeater transmit: 161.875 MHz

   (i) Frequencies in the 1600–5450 kHz band for private communications in
   Alaska. The following simplex frequencies are available for assignment to
   private fixed stations located in the State of Alaska for radiotelephony
   communications with ship stations. These simplex frequencies are available
   for use by authorized ship stations for radiotelephony communications with
   private fixed stations located in the State of Alaska.

       Private communications in Alaska Carrier frequencies (kHz)



1619.0\3\                                            2382.0       2563.0
1622.0\3\                                            2419.0       2566.0
1643.0\3\                                            2422.0       2590.0
1646.0\3\                                            2427.0       2616.0
1649.0\3\                                            2430.0       3258.0
1652.0\3\                                            2447.0   \1\ 3261.0
1705.0\3\                                            2450.0       4366.0
1709.0                                               2479.0       4369.0
1712.0                                               2482.0       4396.0
2003.0                                               2506.0       4402.0
2006.0                                               2509.0       4420.0
2115.0                                               2512.0       4423.0
2118.0                                               2535.0   \2\ 5167.5
2379.0                                               2538.0  ...........

\1\ Ship stations must limit use of 3261.0 kHz to communications over
  distances which cannot be reached by the use of frequency below 2700
  kHz or above 156.000 MHz.
\2\ The frequency 5167.5 kHz is available for emergency communications
  in Alaska. Peak envelope power of stations operating on this frequency
  must not exceed 150 watts. When a station in Alaska is authorized to
  use 5167.5 kHz, such station may also use this frequency for calling
  and listening for the purpose of establishing communications.
\3\ Use of these frequencies is on a secondary basis to Region 2
  broadcasting.

   (j) Frequencies for portable ship stations. VHF frequencies authorized for
   stations authorized carrier frequencies in the 156.275 MHz to 157.450 MHz
   and 161.575 MHz to 162.025 MHz bands may also be authorized as marine
   utility stations. Marine-utility stations on shore must not cause
   interference to any VHF or coast station, VHF or UHF land mobile base
   station, or U.S. Government station.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986;  51 FR 34984 , Oct. 1, 1986, as amended at  52 FR 35245 , Sept. 18, 1987;  53 FR 17052 , May 13, 1988;  54 FR 8542 , Mar. 1, 1989;
    54 FR 40059 , Sept. 29, 1989;  56 FR 9896 , Mar. 8, 1991;  56 FR 34030 , July 25,
   1991;  57 FR 19552 , May 7, 1992;  57 FR 26779 , June 16, 1992;  58 FR 16504 ,
   Mar. 29, 1993;  58 FR 44953 , Aug. 25, 1993;  60 FR 35510 , July 10, 1995;  62 FR 40307 , July 28, 1997;  65 FR 43715 , July 14, 2000;  67 FR 48564 , July 25,
   2002;  68 FR 25540 , May 13, 2003;  68 FR 46970 , Aug. 7, 2003;  69 FR 76865 ,
   Dec. 23, 2004]