VHF Marine

[techsender]

Anyone doing any VHF Marine monitoring either in the CIties or up on Lake Superior ? I occasionally hear the coast guard doing their notices on Ch 16 and 22A here in the cities but so far thats about it.

 

[jdm911]

Good amount of comms on 16, 10 (liftbridge), 21, 22, 23, 6, 11, 18 (G tugs), and 68. (Duluth/Superior area)

 

[billro]

When visiting Duluth I really enjoy monitoring the harbor traffic.
It would be wonderful if a Duluth Harbor audio feed was available to compliment the various live harbor web cams.

Does anyone know of a feed?

 

[mmtstc]

There is a fair amount of traffic on the marine band in Minneapolis, but what channels they are on, I can't remember. Generally in Minneapolis, you will hear it around st Anthony falls and the other ship locks as that is how the ships communicate with the river masters.

 

[techsender]

I will have to get a bit closer to downtown Mpls and scan a bit more. I see the tugs down by the St Paul airport and havent spent a ton of time looking for them on VHF. If anyone needs a radio to put a feed on from Duluth / Superior / North Shore I have a couple of older Ray Jeffs that I will donate to the cause.

 

[KD0NDO]

i always hear stuff on channel 3. I am in the Elk River ares. Does anyone know who uses it?

 

[nd5y]

i always hear stuff on channel 3. I am in the Elk River ares. Does anyone know who uses it?

Is that in the US or Canada? Ch 3 (156.150) is a public safety pool frequency in the US and not a marine frequency.

 

[WX0BPR]

Who knows

i always hear stuff on channel 3. I am in the Elk River ares. Does anyone know who uses it?

I live in Elk River, hard to imagine a marine freq in use here,,but I will give it a listen and see if I can determine what it is!?

 

[WX0BPR]

Or Better Yet

Or it could be:
158.82000 156.15000 146.2 PL KNFC864 Sheriff Mille Lacs County
Mille Lacs County Mille Lacs MN

Cut and paste from radio ref. Since Mille Lacs has not yet fully converted to ARMER that would be my guess!?

 

[KD0NDO]

wow why would they use a freq that any body can get a hold of, as in buying a marine radio?

 

[ecps92]

Because prior to Narrowbanding [which created more channels] frequencies in VHF were scarce. Even Coastal agencies obtained some of those International [meaning they should not be used in US Waters - Note the words SHOULD NOT] marine channels. Quite common

wow why would they use a freq that any body can get a hold of, as in buying a marine radio?