Marine Monitoring

Marine Monitoring

Those enthusiast that live near our coastline and waterways have listened to marine communications at least once I'm sure. I find monitoring the VHF marine band very interesting, you can hear the ships at sea requesting entering times and berthing instructions, pilot vessels, tugs and a whole heap more. Try scanning the whole band to catch all the activities, and remember the Waterways Authority can be heard on the GRN network.

VHF Marine Allocation

Ch. ship TX Shore TX Use

01 156.050 160.650

02 156.100 160.700

03 156.150 160.750

04 156.200 160.800

05 156.250 160.850

06 156.300 156.300 SAR, Nctle & Syd Pilot, port operations

07 156.350 160.950

08 156.400 156.400 Syd, Nctle, Botany Bay tugs, Port Kembla, Port operations

09 156.450 156.450 Nctle Harbour Control, Port operations

10 156.500 156.500 Botany Bay tugs, Port operations

11 156.550 156.550 Port Kembla operations

12 156.600 156.600 Syd Harbour Control, Botany Bay, Port operations, Lord Howe Harbour

13 156.650 156.650 Sydney Harbour Control, Botany Bay, Port operations

14 156.700 156.700 Naval Movements Syd Harbour, Newcastle Harbour Dredging Ops, Port operations

15 156.750 156.750

16 156.800 156.800 Distress and Safety

17 156.850 156.850

18 156.900 161.500

19 156.950 161.550

20 157.000 161.600 Port operations

21 157.050 161.650 repeater

22 157.100 161.700 Syd Marine Rescue weather reports

23 157.150 161.750

24 157.200 161.800

25 157.250 161.850

26 157.300 161.900

27 157.350 161.950

28 157.400 162.000

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60 156.025 160.625

61 156.075 160.675

62 156.125 160.725

63 156.175 160.775

64 156.225 160.825

65 156.275 160.875

66 156.325 160.925

67 156.375 156.375 Safety, secondary distress and calling

68 156.425 156.425 Port operations, Syd Tugs, Harvey Bay Whale Watch

69 156.475 156.475 Navy ship to ship, Syd Tugs

70 156.525 156.525

71 156.575 156.575 Professional fishing

72 156.625 156.625 Yachts, Syd Tugs, Port Operations, Port Stephens Dolphin Watch

73 156.675 156.675 Coast Guard Port Macquarie, Non commercial service, yachts

74 156.725 156.725 Commercial service, Port Stephens Whale Watch

77 156.875 156.875 Port Hacking Royal Motor Yatch Club

78 156.925 161.525 Commercial services

79 156.975 161.525 Port operations

80 157.025 161.625 Repeater, Game Fishing Clubs

81 157.075 161.675

82 157.125 161.725

83 157.175 161.775

84 157.225 161.825

85 157.275 161.875

86 157.325 161.925

87 157.375 161.975

88 157.425 162.025

485.625 Newcastle Ferry Operations

157.480 Newcastle Ferry Operations

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On board ship UHF communications

457.5250 467.7500 467.5250 457.5375

457.5500 467.7750 467.5500 457.5625

457.5750 467.8000 467.5750 467.5375

457.6000 467.8250 467.5000 467.5625

The above frequencies are used on board ships for communications during dockings, maintenance and departures.

27MHz Marine Allocation

68 27680

72 27.720

82 27.820

86 27.860

88 27.880

90 27.900

91 27.910

94 27.940

96 27.960

98 27.980

GRN talk groups used by NSW Maritime

10951 NSW Maritime Sydney Region
10952 NSW Maritime
10953 NSW Maritime
10954 NSW Maritime Harbour Cleaning
10955 NSW Maritime Special talkgroup Alpha
10956 NSW Maritime Special talkgroup Bravo
10958 NSW Maritime
10959 NSW Maritime
10960 NSW Maritime
10961 NSW Maritime

GRN talk groups used by Sydney Ferries

10901	Sydney Harbour - Operations
10902	Parramatta River - Operations
10903	Maintenance
10904
10905	Administration/Rosters
10906
10907	Balmain Shipyard
10908
10909	Revenue
10910
10911
10912
10913
10914
10915
10916
10917
10918
10919
10920	McMahons Point Wharf
10921	Meadowbank Wharf
10922
10923
10924	Watsons Bay Wharf
10925
10926
10927	Taronga Zoo Wharf
10928
10929
10930

You can join our marine monitoring email group at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Marine_Monitoring/

Marine Rescue can also be heard on

469.100 – Port Kembla

154.575 – Sydney area, Norah Head Search and Rescue

154.625

154.450

Sydney Water Police

Tx Rx

157.150 / 161.750

157.300 / 161.900

157.350 / 161.950

Australian Maritime Safety Auth – Newcastle & Port Kembla AIS data

161.975

162.025

NSW Fisheries

467.275

475.050

463.975

450.425

Other

415.375 Newcastle Port Corporation Harbour Operations ctcss114.8 (now Trbo as of Jan 2013)

469.700 Newcastle Port Corporation ctcss107.2

490.225 Sydney Port Corp ctcss110.9 (now Trbo)

467.575 Ferries Sydney Harbour ctcss203.5

165.175 Port Kembla

411.650 Port Kembla, tug to tug portable

460.850 Sydney Port Corp link to VHF ctcss218.1

500.025 Seahorse Mercator vessel Sydney ctcss146.2

450.500 Newcastle Port Corp link to VHF ctcss162.2

450.725 Newcastle Port Corp link to VHF ctcss162.2

484.9375 Terminal Security Darling Harbour (ACG Security) ctcss151.4

485.0875 Terminal Security Darling Harbour (ACG Security) ctcss173.8

477.025 Terminal Security Darling Harbour (ACG Security) ctcss210.7

467.575 Whitnavigator refuelling vessel Syd ctcss123.0

467.575 Sydney Harbour cruise boats ctcss203.5

Cruise Ships

Pacific Sun

467.500

467.800 71.9ctcss Mooring

LTR trunked channels

467.750

467.775

467.825

P&O PACIFIC JEWEL
457.575000
457.562500
457.568750 ENGINEERS
457.531250 BRIDGE
457.537500 SECURITY

Balmoral

457.525

457.575.

Sun Princess

457.5375

Diamond Princess

457.500

457.525 bridge

457.550 engineers

467.575 tourism desk

457.575 hotel staff

457.5375

457.5625.

Dawn Princess

457.525 bridge ctcss 79.7

457.575 guest relations ctcss 162.2

457.5625 bridge ctcss 162.2

467.575 Cruise Director

457.5375 ctcss 162.2

457.550 Engineering ctcss 110.9

Rhapsody of the Seas

467.550 bridge ctcss74.4

457.550 hotel services ctcss74.4.

467.800 ctcss 79.7

MS Oosterdam

457.525 main channel ctcss 123.0

458.050 Engineering dcs33

Discovery

467.550 103.5ctcss bridge, security, hospitality

457.525 Cruise Director

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Monitoring Marine Rescue Volunteers

VMR251 Marine Rescue Kingscliff

27.88, 86, 90 & 91 MHz

VHF 16, 67, 73 and 22 repeater

MF/HF 2182, 2524, 4125, 6215

UHF 5, 11, 20 and CB 9

VMR 224 Marine Rescue Cape Byron

27.880, 27.900 MHz

VHF Marine 16, 67 and 73

VMR250 Marine Rescue Ballina

27.88 + 90 MHz

VHF 16, 73 and 21, 22 repeater

MF/HF 2182, 2524, 2032, 2436

UHF 20 and CB 5

VMR259 Marine Rescue Evans Head

27.88, 86, 90, 91, 94 & 96 MHz

VHF 16, 67, 73 and 22 repeater

MF/HF 2182, 2524, 2201, 2112, 4125, 4134, 4483, 6215 kHz

VMR257 Marine Rescue Iluka

27.88, 86, 91, 94 & 96 MHz

VHF 16, 67, 72 and 21 & 22 repeaters

MF/HF 2182, 2524, 4125, 6215, 2201, 2202, 4134, 4483

UHF 11, 30 and CB 22

VMR217 Marine Rescue Port Stephens

27.88, 27.91 MHz

VHF 16, 67, 73 and 80 repeater

MF/HF 2182, 2524

VMR 265 Marine Rescue Port Stephens West

VMR264 Marine Rescue Swansea

27.88, 27.86, 27.90 MHz

VHF 16, 67 and 80 repeater

MF/HF 2182, 2524

VH2ATH Norah Head Search & Rescue Base

27.88 MHz

VHF 16

MF/HF 2182

VMR261 Marine Rescue Sydney

27.88, 27.86 MHz
VHF 16, 67, 73 and 81 repeater
MF/HF 2182, 2524, 4125, 6215

VMR225 Marine Rescue Sydney

27.880, 27.860 MHz
VHF 16, 67, 73, 80 and 81 repeater
MF/HF 2182, 2524, 4125, 4483 (yacht races only)

VMR 208 Marine Rescue Sussex Inlet

VHF 16: 27Meg 88/91: UHF 25

Other Coastal Rescue Bases commonly monitor the following

2182, 2524, 4125, 6215, 2676, 2524 kHz

VHF 16, 21, 22, 67, 73, 80, 81, 82

27Meg 86, 88, 90, 91 as well as 27.840mHz

Also check the Marine Rescue DCN elsewhere on Lakescan

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