BCT15X: BCT15X questions

[Gumball928]

Several questions:

1) On the "marine" function, how many frequencies are programmed into the system ?

2) is it possible to add frequencies to the "marine" function ?

3) how many frequencies can be added ?

 

[KevinC]

2) is it possible to add frequencies to the "marine" function ?

No.

3) how many frequencies can be added ?

Zero

 

[wtp]

gumball928, i sent a PM with a radio shack list, best i could find for now.

 

[hill]

Just the regular VHF marine channels. List from the NAVCEN is linked below.

With service search on any scanner you can't edit them. What is programmed is what you get.

Need to use limit search if you want to search custom ranges.

U.S. VHF Channel Information | Navigation Center

 

[Ubbe]

It's quicker to scan a few channels that are used in your specific location than doing search on a range.

VHF Marine Radio

www.seattleyachtclub.org

But the range to search in 25KHz steps are small, 156.000-157.500 to cover all channels.
Some channel ranges are duplex used by coast stations where a boat owner unfamiliar with radio procedures are always heard even if the coast station are transmitting at the same time. If the channel number has an A it will instead be a simplex channel. Duplex ranges are ch1-ch7 and ch18-ch28 and the coast station are transmitting 4MHz higher in frequency.

For duplex channels I program the channel with its 4MHz higher frequency next to it so I can do a hold and then toggle between the input and output frequency. I don't know if duplex channels are actually used in US as the reverse function on the scanner doesn't cover marine VHF.

/Ubbe