Raymarine RAY90 Installation & Operation Instructions page 89

Note:
1. The letter 'A' following a channel number indicates simplex use of the ship station transmit side of an international semi-duplex channel. Operations are different from
that of international operations on that channel.
2. Channel 13 should be used to contact a ship when there is danger of collision. All ships of length 20 metres or greater are required to guard VHF channel 13, in addition to
VHF channel 16, when operating within US territorial waters.
3. Channel 15 is receive only.
4. Channel 16 is used for calling other stations or for distress calls.
5. Channel 17 and channel 77 have a fixed power output of 1 watt.
6. Channel 13 and channel 67 have an initial power output of 1 watt. User can temporarily override this restrictions to transmit at high power.
Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
Note: Some of the channel numbers have recently changed. For completeness, both old and new numbers are shown in the table below.
(New) CH
No. (Old) CH No. TX Freq
01 01 156.050
02 02 156.100
03 03 156.150
1004 04A 156.200
1004 04A 156.200
1005 05A 156.250
06 06 156.300
1007 07A 156.350
08 08 156.400
09 09 156.450
VHF Channels
Area of
RX Freq operation Use
160.650 PC Public correspondence.
160.700 PC Public correspondence.
Public correspondence.
160.750 PC
156.200 PC Intership, ship/shore and safety:
Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue.
156.200 EC
Intership, ship/shore and commercial:
Commercial fishing only.
156.250 Ship movement.
156.300 All areas Intership, commercial, non-commercial and safety:
Maybe used for search and rescue communications between ships and aircraft.
156.350 All areas Intership, ship/shore, commercial.
156.400 WC, EC Intership, commercial and safety.
Also assigned for operations in the Lake Winnipeg area.
156.450 AC
Intership, ship/shore, commercial, non-commercial and ship movement.
Maybe used to communicate with aircraft and helicopters in predominantly maritime support
operations.
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