Raymarine Apelco 5200 User Manual page 44

U.S. Coast Guard
Channel: 22
Vessels: Any
Use: Working channel for exchange of communi-
cations with stations of the U.S. Coast Guard
Between: Ship to U.S. Coast Guard ship, coast to
aircraft stations
Comments: U.S. Coast Guard does not regularly
monitor this channel. Establish contact on chan-
nel 16 and shift to channel 22 as directed.
Navigation
Channel: 13
Vessels: Any
Use: Safety communications pertaining to the
maneuvering of vessels or the directing of vessel
movements
Primarily ship-to-ship and secondarily ship-to
coast
This is commonly called the Bridge-to-Bridge
channel. Large vessels and towboats depend on
this channel for their safe navigation, Railway or
highway bridges which open for ship navigation
often operate on this channel.
Bridge-to-Bridge stations must reduce power to
one watt for routine operations.
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