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FCC 80.371
Revised as of October 1, 2013
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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              ^1 2514.0
                          2126.0                 2522.0
                          2142.0                 2538.0
                          2166.0                 2558.0
                          2198.0                 2590.0
                          2366.0                 2450.0
                          2382.0              ^5 2482.0
                          2390.0                 2566.0
                          2400.0                 2400.0
                          2406.0                 2442.0
                          2406.0              ^4 2506.0
   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              ^5 2482.0
   Gulf Coast:            2009.0                 2466.0
                          2134.0                 2530.0
                          2142.0                 2538.0
                       ^1 2158.0               ^12550.0
                          2166.0                 2558.0
                          2206.0                 2598.0
                          2366.0                 2450.0
                          2382.0              ^5 2482.0
                          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              ^5 2309.0
                          2134.0                 2312.0
                          2237.0                 2397.0
                          2240.0                 2400.0
   Hawaii                 2134.0                 2530.0
   Caribbean:             2009.0                 2506.0
                       ^3 2086.0                 2585.0
                          2134.0                 2530.0
   Guam                   2009.0                 2506.0

   ^1 Unlimited 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.

   ^2 In 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.

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

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

   ^5 But seesection 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 ^1Carrier Frequencies (kHz)]
   16537 ^2 18825 22174 25100
   16540    18828 22177 25103
            18831       25106
            18834       25109
            18837       25112

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

   ^2 The 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

   ^1 For 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.

   ^2 The 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.

   ^3 The 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.

   ^4 The 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.

   ^5 In 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

   ^1 Limited 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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