Cruise Ship Info

[K4MCO]

thanks

thanks to everyone for thier help im headout out in just under two weeks and i hope to have at least SONE info to report for ya this is if i can figure this blasted BCD396XT out .....old school scanner listen + new DMA scanners=learning to walk all over again!

 

[RayAir]

The Carnival Sensation officers all had UHF Motorola HT 1250's, but don't count on hearing any important info unless you speak Italian.

 

[ecps92]

Cruise Ship and Maritime Frequencies

FYI, for those who have book marked my old web page, we moved the Cruise Ship and Maritime Monitoring to a new Server and changed the URL.

We are now at Cruise Ship and Maritime Monitoring

Also, in the late Fall/Winter we expect to begin to release some value added features to the web pages.

Please keep your info flowing while on a Cruise or even while near the ports. It is the ONLY way we can keep the information flowing.

 

[VFN05]

Update on Carnival Triumph

Confirmed Carnival Triumph using 464.275 PL192.8 simplex during debarkation ops in Norfolk, VA. I also heard some use of this while underway...seemed to be security ops. Security officers were using Moto HT1250-LS radios in conventional mode. Antenna looked to be UHF band. Remainder of comms on board were done on Cisco VoIP wireless phones. One of the ships officers advised that they typically only use radios when off of the boat in port.

Hope this helps!

 

[FlashSWT]

Carnival Conquest

Hey Bill, just got off the Carnival Conquest and my wife finally let me bring the scanner. Unfortunately I didn't spend much time using it, only brought it on deck once and that was while listening to the Cayman Island trunk. She was pretty tolerant of it but after the night we were late to the show because I was listening I had to take it easy!! =)

I used your site (Cruise Ship & Maritime Frequencies) plus some of the other 400 MHz possibilities you suggested in other threads on RR to program it. Here is what I found (I scanned all these CSQ and didn't think to set then to tone search so I'm no help with that):

Ch. 1 - was active, heard radio checks with all department heads right as we set sail.
Ch. 2 - was active but didn't hear enough to determine a usage
Ch. 3 - Sounded like security to me.
Paging - heard occasional digital noise on both
I also heard very brief key-ups on the first Hotel Ops, Supplies and Shore Excursions.

At one point I also thought it sounded like a different conversation on the listed Ch. 1 input frequency than the output, but I stupidly had the scanner programmed wrong where it made it hard to flip back and forth. I also never ran a straight-up search through the 400s.

While waiting to re-board in Cozumel I saw one of the security officer's radio had a large "72" displayed on the side LCD. Think that was a marine channel? As others have mentioned I saw lots of the crew using the phone system and not radios.

Chances are that was my last cruise on the Conquest (it is leaving for New Orleans next year and being replaced by the Magic) but I'll probably go out on the Ecstasy before it swaps ports with the Triumph and will report back.

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[ecps92]

Any/All confirmations and Re-Confirmations are always appreciated.

One trick I use for my Scanners when at a Cruiseport or on the Ship is to put the Scanner into Tone SEARCH vs locking into a particular tone.

Since many ships share the same channels, it's interesting the finds when in port with the other ships.

PS, for anyone living or working in/near/around the various PORTS, I am always looking for new info, and we can add to the DB with the newer ships and some of the older, where we have NO reports as yet.

Thanks again for the input...

Hey Bill, just got off the Carnival Conquest and my wife finally let me bring the scanner. Unfortunately I didn't spend much time using it, only brought it on deck once and that was while listening to the Cayman Island trunk. She was pretty tolerant of it but after the night we were late to the show because I was listening I had to take it easy!! =)

I used your site (Cruise Ship & Maritime Frequencies) plus some of the other 400 MHz possibilities you suggested in other threads on RR to program it. Here is what I found (I scanned all these CSQ and didn't think to set then to tone search so I'm no help with that):

Ch. 1 - was active, heard radio checks with all department heads right as we set sail.
Ch. 2 - was active but didn't hear enough to determine a usage
Ch. 3 - Sounded like security to me.
Paging - heard occasional digital noise on both
I also heard very brief key-ups on the first Hotel Ops, Supplies and Shore Excursions.

At one point I also thought it sounded like a different conversation on the listed Ch. 1 input frequency than the output, but I stupidly had the scanner programmed wrong where it made it hard to flip back and forth. I also never ran a straight-up search through the 400s.

While waiting to re-board in Cozumel I saw one of the security officer's radio had a large "72" displayed on the side LCD. Think that was a marine channel? As others have mentioned I saw lots of the crew using the phone system and not radios.

Chances are that was my last cruise on the Conquest (it is leaving for New Orleans next year and being replaced by the Magic) but I'll probably go out on the Ecstasy before it swaps ports with the Triumph and will report back.

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