UK marine frequencies

[richard appleton]

Most frequencies between 156 and 162MHZ appear suspiciously quiet, I can
only occasionally pick up chatter when in the UK. Is this normal or do most
inshore craft use non international frequencies ouside the above range?

Regards

Richard Appleton

[Dickus]

Thanks, will do. I've tried various locations, mainly Norfolk, Suffolk and
West Country. Do you know whether the other channels (e.g. 1-15, 17-66)
designated for a particular use or is it 1st come, 1st served?

Thanks
Richard

majic <mj...@freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:39b2eca...@news.freeuk.net...
> Hi Richard, you don't mention where you are in the UK ?
> As a rule channels 0, 16 & 67 are the ones most likely to get action
> due to them being the main coastguard channels.
> I live near Scarborough & I have to say it's very quiet most of the
> time, I also lived in Westward Ho! upto 3 years ago & that was only
> slightly busier.
> Keep scanning between 156.00 & 159.00 with 0.25 seperation & you'll
> soon get something.

[DAVE]

Dickus <dickus....@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:8ou65i$o8a$1...@lure.pipex.net...

> Thanks, will do. I've tried various locations, mainly Norfolk, Suffolk
and
> West Country. Do you know whether the other channels (e.g. 1-15, 17-66)
> designated for a particular use or is it 1st come, 1st served?
>

This link may help to answer above question.

http://www.doug-coull.co.uk/scanner_marine_band.html

There is a scanning frequency book that gives marina etc frequencies in UK,
but cant recall any mention of specific inland waterway frequencies.
Dave

[Niall]

On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:26:36 +0100, "richard appleton"
<richard....@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Most frequencies between 156 and 162MHZ appear suspiciously quiet, I can
>only occasionally pick up chatter when in the UK. Is this normal or do most
>inshore craft use non international frequencies ouside the above range?
>

You have the right frequency range, but this is a short range service,
unless you are near the sea you won't hear much. The ship stations are
using a maximum of 25W into low gain antennas (high gain antennas
cause problems on a vessel which is rocking in waves), by necessity
close to sea level.
Casual chatter is also actively discouraged.

Best to monitor channel 16 as most traffic starts from there.

--
Niall

[Niall]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:49:22 +0100, "Dickus"
<dickus....@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Thanks, will do. I've tried various locations, mainly Norfolk, Suffolk and
>West Country. Do you know whether the other channels (e.g. 1-15, 17-66)
>designated for a particular use or is it 1st come, 1st served?
>

They are all designated for specific purposes, the list is too long to
type, if you can get a look at a copy of the RYA book "VHF
Radiotelephony for Yachtsmen" it has the complete list as an appendix.
Note some of them are simplex and the numbering is not simple; the
higher numbers start again at the bottom of the band and are
interleaved with the lower channels for historical reasons; the
channel spacing was origionally double what it is now. There is also a
guard band around 16.
The channels actually start at zero, but only lifeboats, coastguard
etc. are allowed to have channel 0 installed.
One of the reasons I have a scanner, in fact, got fed up hearing them
saying "go to channel zero" on the VHF.

--
Niall

[megh...@hotmail.com]

Take a peek at http:/www.geocities.com/rf-man/spectrum.html
.. the 156MHz section...

There's also a link there to an info page on the Radiocomms Agency
site with the info you need.

*MegHz*

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[majic]

Hi Richard, you don't mention where you are in the UK ?
As a rule channels 0, 16 & 67 are the ones most likely to get action
due to them being the main coastguard channels.
I live near Scarborough & I have to say it's very quiet most of the
time, I also lived in Westward Ho! upto 3 years ago & that was only
slightly busier.
Keep scanning between 156.00 & 159.00 with 0.25 seperation & you'll
soon get something.