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What is the best way to find frequencies on cruise ships. Most cruise ships are using DMR what’s the best way to find RX and TX frequencies . If scanner is the only answer: What’s the best to find frequencies for cruises on a scanner when using DMR. What cheap scanner do you recommend?

Hi all, I am going on the Carnival Celebration in September of this year, and need some advice. I am planning on taking my APX900 radio with me, and so are a few friends of mine who are coming with on the cruise. From what I have seen on this forum in recent posts, they do not bother you much...

American has cruises underway again, so I thought I'd bring the subject back up. They appear to use UHF handhelds on board, but not on the normal UHF marine freqs. Here's where the info appears to stand: American Star - 462.7625 [d131] American Constellation - 451.800 [d131] not heard by me...

Does anybody have experience on this line? Since they're pretty much inland and coastal cruises, I'm wondering if they have radio issues. Can't find much on their website. I can't positively confirm, but believe that they use normal US business band UHF freqs for onboard/admin. comms. I think...

We’ll be departing on a cruise to Berrmuda in a few weeks. I plan to take my BC125AT along for listening to air traffic near the airport in Newark. Do you know FOR SURE if Celebrity PROHIBITS scanners on board their ships?

Norwegian Gem Prohibited items? Going on this ship in 2 weeks. NY to Bahamas. I searched but did not see any scanner or radio bans. Most likely not bringing the 436 but would like to bring a cheap dongle and possibly our Cobra CXT 145 Walkie Talkies . Anyone have any issues on this cruise...

In planning a future cruise (my first), I had some questions. The FAQ on their websites bans the usual stuff, but the list ends with "ham radios". I called to get clarification and after 28 minutes of questions and waiting for answers, the upshot is that ALL radios will be confiscated before...

Anyone have any confirmed frequencies in mobile for carnival fantasy ship?

My family and I are on a Caribbean​ cruise right now. I have a scanner with me and GMRS/FRS is virtually non-existent now. I recall, in the past, seeing and hearing them a lot. Now for $5.00 for the entire cruise, you can text others on the ship.

I will be going on the Carnival Dream on the July 16, 2017 cruise. I will be purchasing a baofeng radio before the cruise. A. What baofeng radio will I need to purchase to use on the cruise ship? Which radio has the best use for the cruise? B. What frequencies will I need to program into the...

I will traveling on the Carnival Freedom out of Galveston TX in Feb and I am looking the frequencies used on board the ship. Thanks for the help.

Hello everyone, I'd like to discuss what I found while scanning for cruise frequencies yesterday. The Carnival Imagination made port in Avalon, CA on Monday and I was able to pick up the input to their new Mototrbo repeater. Input freq: 467.800 (heard for sure) Output freq: 457.800...

Is there a proper area to submit frequencies for cruise ships? There isn't a specific geographical area as they go around the world. Thanks!

My family and I will be going on a cruise. There are times when it would be nice to stay in touch with one another while aboard ship when our cell phones won't work. I have some Motorola DTR550s currently. Are they about the best choice currently or is there something better these days?

Anyone in South Hampton or there about's? a new big *** ship in town till end of May, here is the opportunity to see If we can find the radio system on board for ship's internal comm;'s that are going to be used for this behemoth. Harmony of the Seas: The world's biggest cruise ship - CNN.com...

Researched this, but couldn't find anything previous on the forums. Monitored Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in the Cape Liberty Cruise Port (the old Bayonne Port Terminal) this morning and discovered that their Channel 1, 462.3875, was carrying both narrowband FM traffic but also DMR. The color...

I checked Scanmaritime first and this ship recently placed in service has not been published. I'm cruising to Bermuda in May and attempting to get the ship frequencies, as well as any public safety frequencies available for Bermuda. If I don't have any success, I'm going to attempt to search...

Went on a cruise recently on Celebrity Summit out of Bayonne NJ. My scanner was impounded by shore security and labeled a "prohibited item". They turned it over to ship security since it was a repositioning cruise and the cruise ended in San Juan Puerto Rico. I was able to get the scanner back...

Can anyone tell me where I can find cruise ship frequencies for the new Norwegian Getaway ship (on board frequencies and port frequencies)? I've searched the forums and the latest update I can find on cruise ship frequencies is from 2012. The ship was launched in April 2013. Thank you very...

I've submitted this to Bill at Scanmaritime.com ... I was on the NCL Pearl week of 7/13-7/20 and noted this antenna...actually there were two...one forward, one aft, both on the port side. One is a horizontally polarized Yagi fed by a folded dipole. The other, below the Yagi, a flat reflector...