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FCC 80.371
Revised as of October 1, 2014
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  § 80.371   Public correspondence frequencies.

   This section describes the radiotelephony working frequencies
   assignable to ship and public coast stations.

   (a) Working frequencies in the 2000-4000 kHz band. The following table
   describes the working carrier frequency pairs in the 2000-4000 kHz
   band.
    Working frequency pairs in the 2000-4000 kHz band
       Region            Carrier frequency (kHz)
                  Ship transmit     Coast transmit
   East Coast:           2031.5                  2490.0
                         2118.0                ^12514.0
                         2126.0                  2522.0
                         2142.0                  2538.0
                         2166.0                  2558.0
                         2198.0                  2590.0
                         2366.0                  2450.0
                         2382.0               ^52482.0
                         2390.0                  2566.0
                         2400.0                  2400.0
                         2406.0                  2442.0
                         2406.0               ^42506.0
   West Coast:           2003.0                  2450.0
                         2009.0                  2442.0
                         2009.0                  2566.0
                         2031.5                  2566.0
                         2126.0                  2522.0
                         2206.0                  2598.0
                         2382.0                  2466.0
                         2406.0                  2506.0
                         2430.0               ^52482.0
   Gulf Coast:           2009.0                  2466.0
                         2134.0                  2530.0
                         2142.0                  2538.0
                       ^12158.0               ^12550.0
                         2166.0                  2558.0
                         2206.0                  2598.0
                         2366.0                  2450.0
                         2382.0               ^52482.0
                         2430.0                  2572.0
                         2458.0                  2506.0
   Great Lakes^2:        2118.0                  2514.0
                         2158.0                  2550.0
                         2206.0                  2582.0
   Alaska                2131.0               ^52309.0
                         2134.0                  2312.0
                         2237.0                  2397.0
                         2240.0                  2400.0
   Hawaii                2134.0                  2530.0
   Caribbean:            2009.0                  2506.0
                       ^32086.0                  2585.0
                         2134.0                  2530.0
   Guam                  2009.0                  2506.0

   ^1Unlimited hours of use from December 15 to April 1 and day only from
   April 1 to December 15. Harmful interference must not be caused to any
   station in the Great Lakes region.

   ^2In the Great Lakes region 2206 kHz is not available for transmission
   to U.S. ships except in the case of distress. U.S. coast stations in
   the Great Lakes area may use 2514, 2550 and 2582 kHz on a shared basis
   with coast stations of Canada. Except in the case of distress, the
   frequency 2550 kHz must not be used for transmission to ship stations
   of Canada since the associated ship station transmit frequency 2158 kHz
   is not available to Canadian ship stations for transmission and 2582
   kHz must not be used for public correspondence transmissions to U.S.
   ship stations since the associated ship transmit frequency 2206 kHz is
   not available to U.S. ship stations for transmissions except in the
   case of distress.

   ^3Limited to a peak envelope power of 150 watts.

   ^4Harmful interference must not be caused to any coast station in the
   Caribbean region.

   ^5But see section 80.373(c)(3) of this chapter.

   (b) Working frequencies in the 4000-27500 kHz band. This paragraph
   describes the working carrier frequencies in the 4000-27500 kHz band.
   With respect to frequencies that are assignable in more than one
   geographical area, once the frequency is assigned to one licensee, any
   subsequent license will be authorized on a secondary, non-interference
   basis with respect to the incumbent license's existing operation. If
   the first licensee later seeks authorization to operate in an
   additional geographic area, such authorization will be on a secondary,
   non-interference basis to other co-channel licensees.

   (1) The following table specifies the carrier frequencies available for
   assignment to public coast stations. The paired ship frequencies are
   available for use by authorized ship stations. The specific frequency
   assignment available to public coast stations for a particular
   geographic area is indicated by an "x" under the appropriate column.
   The allotment areas are in accordance with the "Standard Defined Areas"
   as identified in the International Radio Regulations, Appendix 25
   Planning System, and indicated in the preface to the International
   Frequency List (IFL).

   Working Carrier Frequency Pairs in the 4000-27500 kHz Band
     Channel Ship transmit Coast transmit USA-E USA-W USA-S USA-C VIR HWA
 ALS   PTR        GUM
     401               4065           4357  x     x     x     x
     403               4071           4363  x     x     x     x        x    x
     404               4074           4366  x     x           x           x
     405               4077           4369  x     x     x     x        x  x
     409               4089           4381  x     x     x     x
     410               4092           4384  x                                 x
     411               4095           4387  x     x           x
     412               4098           4390  x     x     x
     414               4104           4396  x           x                 x x
     416               4110           4402  x     x           x           x
     417               4113           4405  x     x     x     x
     418               4116           4408                     x        x
     419               4119           4411         x     x              x    x x
     422               4128           4420  x     x                       x
     423               4131           4423  x     x     x     x           x
     424               4134           4426                     x
     427               4143           4435  x     x     x     x    x   x  x
     428               4060           4351               x
     604               6209           6510  x     x     x     x        x  x x x
     605               6212           6513                     x
     607               6218           6519               x
     802               8198           8722  x           x              x  x
     803               8201           8725                     x
     804               8204           8728  x     x     x
     805               8207           8731  x     x     x
     807               8213           8737                     x
     808               8216           8740  x     x                    x  x   x
     809               8219           8743  x     x
     810               8222           8746  x     x     x
     811               8225           8749  x     x     x
     814               8234           8758  x     x     x     x        x  x
     815               8237           8761  x     x     x
     817               8243           8767                     x
     819               8249           8773                     x
     822               8258           8782  x     x     x
     824               8264           8788  x     x     x
     825               8267           8791  x     x     x
     826               8270           8794  x                 x               x
     829               8279           8803  x     x     x                   x
     830               8282           8806               x                   x
     831               8285           8809         x     x                   x
     836               8113           8713               x
     837               8128           8716               x
     1201             12230          13077  x     x     x
     1202             12233          13080  x     x     x     x
     1203             12236          13083  x     x     x     x        x  x
     1206             12245          13092  x     x     x
     1208             12251          13098  x           x
     1209             12254          13101  x     x     x                 x
     1210             12257          13104  x     x     x                     x
     1211             12260          13107  x     x     x     x           x
     1212             12263          13110  x           x              x  x x
     1215             12272          13119         x     x                   x
     1217             12278          13125                     x
     1222             12293          13140                              x
     1223             12296          13143  x     x     x                     x
     1225             12302          13149  x           x
     1226             12305          13152  x     x     x
     1228             12311          13158  x     x           x
     1229             12314          13161         x
     1230             12317          13164  x     x     x              x
     1233             12326          13173               x
     1234             12329          13176         x     x              x  x
     1235             12232          13179               x
     1236             12335          13182               x
     1237             12338          13185  x           x     x    x
     1601             16360          17242  x           x              x  x
     1602             16363          17245  x     x     x
     1603             16366          17248  x     x     x                 x
     1605             16372          17254  x     x
     1607             16378          17260  x     x     x                 x
     1609             16384          17266  x     x     x
     1610             16387          17269  x     x     x
     1611             16390          17272  x     x     x
     1616             16405          17287  x     x     x              x  x
     1620             16417          17299  x                 x
     1624             16429          17311  x     x     x
     1626             16435          17317  x
     1631             16450          17332  x
     1632             16453          17335  x     x     x                 x
     1641             16480          17362  x     x     x
     1642             16483          17365  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     1643             16486          17368               x
     1644             16489          17371  x     x     x     x        x  x
     1645             16492          17374               x
     1646             16495          17377         x
     1647             16498          17380  x     x     x     x           x
     1648             16501          17383         x           x    x   x  x x
     1801             18780          19755  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     1802             18783          19758  x           x     x    x        x
     1803             18786          19761  x     x           x    x   x  x x
     1804             18789          19764         x     x              x  x
     1805             18792          19767         x                       x
     1807             18798          19773               x
     1808             18801          19776  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     2201             22000          22696  x     x     x                     x
     2205             22012          22708  x     x     x
     2210             22027          22723  x
     2214             22039          22735  x     x     x
     2215             22042          22738  x     x     x
     2216             22045          22741  x           x                     x
     2222             22063          22759  x
     2223             22066          22762  x     x     x              x  x x
     2227             22078          22774  x     x     x
     2228             22081          22777  x     x
     2231             22090          22786  x     x     x                 x
     2236             22105          22801  x     x
     2237             22108          22804  x     x     x
     2241             22120          22816  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     2242             22123          22819               x
     2243             22126          22822  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     2244             22129          22825         x                    x  x
     2245             22132          22828         x     x              x  x
     2246             22135          22831               x
     2247             22138          22834  x     x     x     x    x   x  x
     2501             25070          26145  x     x     x     x        x  x
     2502             25073          26148  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x
     2503             25076          26151               x
     2504             25079          26154  x     x     x     x    x   x  x x

   (2) The following table specifies the non-paired carrier frequencies
   that are available for assignment to public coast stations for simplex
   operations. These frequencies are available for use by authorized ship
   stations for transmissions to coast stations (simplex operations).
   Assignments on these frequencies must accept interference. They are
   shared with government users and are considered "common use"
   frequencies under the international Radio Regulations. They cannot be
   notified for inclusion in the Master International Frequency Register,
   which provides stations with interference protection, but may be listed
   in the international List of Coast Stations. (See Radio Regulation No.
   1220 and Recommendation 304.)

   Public Correspondence Simplex

   [Non-paired radiotelephony frequencies in the 4000-27500 kHz Band^1
   Carrier Frequencies (kHz)]
   16537^2 18825 22174 25100
   16540   18828 22177 25103
           18831       25106
           18834       25109
           18837       25112

   ^1Coast stations limited to a maximum transmitter power of 1 kW (PEP).

   ^2The alternative carrier frequency 16537 kHz may be used by ship
   stations and coast stations for calling on a simplex basis, provided
   that the peak envelope power does not exceed 1 kW.

   (c) Working frequencies in the marine VHF 156-162 MHz band. (1)(i) The
   frequency pairs listed in this paragraph are available for assignment
   to public coast stations for communications with ship stations and
   units on land.

   Working Carrier Frequency Pairs in the 156-162 MHz Band^1
   Channel designator   Carrier Frequency (MHz)
                      Ship transmit Coast transmit
   24                       157.200        161.800
   84                       157.225        161.825
   25^5                     157.250        161.850
   85^2                     157.275        161.875
   26                       157.300        161.900
   86                       157.325        161.925
   27                       157.350        161.950
   87^3                     157.375        161.975
   28                       157.400        162.000
   88^4                     157.425        162.025

   ^1For special assignment of frequencies in this band in certain areas
   of Washington State, the Great Lakes and the east coast of the United
   States pursuant to arrangements between the United States and Canada,
   see subpart B of this part.

   ^2The frequency pair 157.275/161.875 MHz is available on a primary
   basis to ship and public coast stations. In Alaska it is also available
   on a secondary basis to private mobile repeater stations.

   ^3The frequency 161.975 MHz is available only for Automatic
   Identification System communications. No license authorizing a
   site-based VHF Public Coast Station or a Private Land Mobile Radio
   Station to operate on the frequency 161.975 MHz in VHF Public Coast
   Service Areas (VPCSAs) 1-9 will be renewed unless the license is or has
   been modified to remove frequency 161.975 MHz as an authorized
   frequency. In VPCSAs 10-42, site-based stations licensed to operate on
   frequency 161.975 MHz prior to March 2, 2009 may continue to operate on
   a co-primary basis on that frequency until March 2, 2024. Licenses
   authorizing geographic stations to operate on frequency 161.975 MHz
   will be modified on March 2, 2011 to replace the frequency with either
   frequency pair 157.225/161.825 MHz (VPCSAs 10-15, 23-30, 33-34, 36-39,
   and 41-42) or frequency pair 157.275/161.875 MHz (VPCSAs 16-22, 31-32,
   35, and 40), unless an application to so modify the license is granted
   before that date.

   ^4The frequency 162.025 MHz is available only for Automatic
   Identification System communications. One hundred twenty kilometers (75
   miles) from the United States/Canada border, the frequency 157.425 MHz
   is available for intership and commercial communications. Outside the
   Puget Sound area and its approaches and the Great Lakes, 157.425 MHz is
   available for communications between commercial fishing vessels and
   associated aircraft while engaged in commercial fishing activities.

   ^5In VPCSAs 10-42, the working carrier frequency pair 157.250/161.850
   MHz (Channel 25) is not available for assignment under part 80.

   (ii) Service areas in the marine VHF 156-162 MHz band are VHF Public
   Coast Service Areas (VPCSAs). As listed in the table in this paragraph,
   VPCSAs are based on, and composed of one or more of, the U.S.
   Department of Commerce's 172 Economic Areas (EAs). See  60 FR 13114 
   (March 10, 1995). In addition, the Commission shall treat Guam and the
   Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin
   Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of Mexico as EA-like areas, and
   has assigned them EA numbers 173-176, respectively. Maps of the EAs and
   VPCSAs are available for public inspection and copying at the FCC
   Public Reference Room, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,
   DC 20554, 1-888-225-5322. In addition to the EAs listed in the table in
   this paragraph, each VPCSA also includes the adjacent waters under the
   jurisdiction of the United States. In VPCSAs 10-42, the working carrier
   frequency pair 157.250 MHz/161.850 MHz (Channel 25) is not available
   for assignment under part 80.
   VHF Public coast station areas (VPCSAs)
   VPCSAs EAs
   1 (Northern Atlantic) 1-5, 10
   2 (Mid-Atlantic) 9, 11-23, 25, 42, 46
   3 (Southern Atlantic) 24, 26-34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 174
   4 (Mississippi River) 34, 36, 39, 43-45, 47-53, 67-107, 113, 116-120,
   122-125, 127, 130-134, 176
   5 (Great Lakes) 6-8, 54-66, 108, 109
   6 (Southern Pacific) 160-165
   7 (Northern Pacific) 147, 166-170
   8 (Hawaii) 172, 173, 175
   9 (Alaska) 171
   10 (Grand Forks) 110
   11 (Minot) 111
   12 (Bismarck) 112
   13 (Aberdeen) 114
   14 (Rapid City) 115
   15 (North Platte) 121
   16 (Western Oklahoma) 126
   17 (Abilene) 128
   18 (San Angelo) 129
   19 (Odessa-Midland) 135
   20 (Hobbs) 136
   21 (Lubbock) 137
   22 (Amarillo) 138
   23 (Santa Fe) 139
   24 (Pueblo) 140
   25 (Denver-Boulder-Greeley) 141
   26 (Scottsbluff) 142
   27 (Casper) 143
   28 (Billings) 144
   29 (Great Falls) 145
   30 (Missoula) 146
   31 (Idaho Falls) 148
   32 (Twin Falls) 149
   33 (Boise City) 150
   34 (Reno) 151
   35 (Salt Lake City-Ogden) 152
   36 (Las Vegas) 153
   37 (Flagstaff) 154
   38 (Farmington) 155
   39 (Albuquerque) 156
   40 (El Paso) 157
   41 (Phoenix-Mesa) 158
   42 (Tucson) 159

   (iii) Subject to paragraph (c)(3) of this section, each licensee may
   also operate on 12.5 kHz offset frequencies in areas where the licensee
   is authorized on both frequencies adjacent to the offset frequency, and
   in areas where the licensee on the other side of the offset frequency
   consents to the licensee's use of the adjacent offset frequency.
   Coordination with Canada is required for offset operations under any
   circumstance in which operations on either adjoining 25 kHz channel
   would require such coordination. See § 80.57 of this part.

   (2) Any recovered channel pairs will revert automatically to the holder
   of the VPCSA license within which such channels are included, except
   the channel pairs listed in the table in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this
   section. Those channel pairs, and any channel pairs recovered where
   there is no VPCSA licensee, will be retained by the Commission for
   future licensing.

   (e) Canada/U.S.A. channeling arrangement frequencies. The VHF
   frequencies assignable to ship and coast stations in the State of
   Washington and their usage limitations pursuant to the Canada/U.S.A.
   channeling arrangement are described in subpart B of this part.

   (4) Subject to the requirements of § 1.924 of this chapter and § 80.21,
   each VPCSA licensee may place stations anywhere within its region
   without obtaining prior Commission approval provided:

   (i) It provides to co-channel coast station incumbent licensees, and
   incumbent Private Land Mobile Radio licensees authorized under part 90
   of this chapter on a primary basis, protection as defined in subpart P
   of this part. VPCSA licensees that share a common border may either
   distribute the available frequencies upon mutual agreement or request
   that the Commission assign frequencies along the common border.

   (ii) The locations and/or technical parameters of the transmitters are
   such that individual coordination of the channel assignment(s) with a
   foreign administration, under applicable international agreements and
   rules in this part, is not required.

   (iii) For any construction or alteration that would exceed the
   requirements of § 17.7 of this chapter, licensees must notify the
   appropriate Regional Office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA
   Form 7460-1) and file a request for antenna height clearance and
   obstruction marking and lighting specifications (FCC Form 854) with the
   FCC, Attn: Information Processing Branch, 1270 Fairfield Rd.,
   Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245.

   (iv) The transmitters must not have a significant environmental effect
   as defined by § § 1.1301 through 1.1319 of this chapter.

   (d) Working frequencies in the Mississippi River System. The
   Mississippi River System includes the Mississippi River and connecting
   navigable waters other than the Great Lakes. The following simplex
   frequencies are available for assignment to public coast stations
   serving the Mississippi River System for radiotelephony communications.
   These simplex frequencies also are available for use by authorized ship
   stations within communication service range, whether or not the ship is
   operating within the confines of the Mississippi River System.

   Mississippi River System Working Frequencies; Carrier Frequencies (kHz)
   2086^1 4065 6209 8201 12362 16543
     2782 4089 6212 8213 12365 16546
          4116 6510 8725
          4408 6513 8737

   ^1Limited to a maximum transmitter output of 150 watts (PEP).

   (e) Canada/U.S.A. channeling arrangement frequencies. The VHF
   frequencies assignable to ship and coast stations in the State of
   washington and their usage limitations purusant to the Canada/U.S.A.
   channeling arrangement are described in subpart B of this part.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986]

   Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 80.371, see
   the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids
   section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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