VHF Marine Band
FREQ ID
156.300 INTERSHIP/YACHT RACING CHAN 06
156.400 CAPE TOWN TUGS/RESCUE 10/INTERSHIP CHAN 08
156.450 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 09
156.500 COMMON WORKING SIMPLEX CHAN 10
156.600 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 12
156.650 PORT OPERATIONS – HELICOPTERS CHAN 13
156.700 CAPE TOWN PORT CONTROL (ZSN) CHAN 14
156.750 INTERSHIP CHAN 15
156.800 INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS AND CALLING CHAN 16
156.850 INTERSHIP & HELICOPTERS CHAN 17
161.850 CAPE TOWN RADIO CHAN 25 WORKING DUPLEX – WX, NAV & TRAFFIC 0918, 0948,1333,1718,1748
161.900 CAPE TOWN RADIO CHAN 26 WORKING DUPLEX – WX, NAV & TRAFFIC 0918, 0948,1333,1718,1748
161.950 CAPE TOWN RADIO CHAN 27 WORKING DUPLEX – WX, NAV & TRAFFIC 0918, 0948,1333,1718,1748
161.750 CAPE TOWN RADIO CHAN 28 WORKING DUPLEX – WX, NAV & TRAFFIC 0918, 0948,1333,1718,1748
156.375 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 67
156.425 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 68
156.475 INTERSHIP CHAN 69
156.575 CAPE TOWN SWING BRIDGE CHAN 71
156.625 INTERSHIP CHAN 72 (POCSAG HEARD ON THIS CHANNEL)
156.675 INTERSHIP CHAN 73
156.725 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 74
156.775 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 75
156.825 PORT OPERATIONS CHAN 76
156.875 INTERSHIP CHAN 77
161.975 AIS CAPE TOWN PORT CONTROL SHORE STATION CHAN 87
162.025 AIS CAPE TOWN PORT CONTROL SHORE STATION CHAN 88
Radio Frequencies used in Cape Town and South Africa 
November 4, 2010 at 8:16 am |
155.6750 MHZ – Data repeater – AX 25 (1200Bd) in Cape area. Inter-lighthouse links.
January 6, 2011 at 11:54 am |
Court Helicopters makes supply drops to ships passing Cape Town, they use channel 10 chopper-to-ship
July 17, 2011 at 6:49 am |
Rescue craft (NSRI) in table bay use Channel 14, 16 and 0 (156.000 simplex) for intership comms, Dont know if they still use 29MHz Anyone??
October 8, 2012 at 3:24 pm |
Any idea as to what Durban Port frequencies are?
February 8, 2013 at 1:32 am |
“VHF Marine Band Radio Frequencies used in Cape Town and South
Africa” was a fantastic post and also I was indeed pretty pleased to discover the
blog. I appreciate it-Poppy
February 16, 2014 at 5:24 am |
looking for vhf orra frequinceis,
May 24, 2014 at 8:27 pm |
Looking for port/marine frequencies!
May 24, 2014 at 8:28 pm |
Looking for port/marine frequencies!Sorry Port Elizabeth area!
July 6, 2015 at 10:36 pm |
Channel 71 is the official sports fishing channel, and booking in/out when running into the deep, the various sport fishing and yacht clubs stand by on this channel
June 4, 2016 at 10:06 pm |
One question
What will the rx & tx be for the marine frequencies on a vhf radio plz
January 1, 2018 at 11:06 am |
I am compiling a list of important details in my yacht communications file and would like to know where to find the the call up channels for the major ports along the South African coast. I am from Durban and I know their channel is 09. could someone please help? Neville.
November 10, 2018 at 8:45 am |
http://rcyc.co.za/sailing/safety/vhf-channels/ for Port Channels
February 13, 2020 at 3:55 pm |
Hearing lots of fishing boats using non marine shortwave frequencies, lappies , kaptein, mario, gawie , 8888.88khz usb,12352 khz 6230khz yes right on top of Australia Volmet channel, 14151.5 khz lsb inside the 20 mtr amateur radio band .10889 khz usb , 11789 khz usb,8101 khz usb 6765khz on top of Bangkok Volmet ,6868 khz, 5340 ,8950,4230,4250,11302 khz creating interferance for aircraft frequencies of mombay talking to aircraft from africa on 11300khz , 8294,6888.5khz, 3626 khz 3663.5, 3737.37 12345.67 khz 6262 , 8503 3965.5 3715.5 khz 4307.77 4377.77 , 4211.5 right on top of a cw beacon,5227 4107.5 4545 khz 5656 khz 6670 , 10777.77 khz , most use of these frequencies are illegal.
February 13, 2020 at 4:28 pm |
Now also on 8282.5khz usb
February 13, 2020 at 5:00 pm |
Also on 6230 khz
January 25, 2022 at 8:56 pm |
Port alfred ,Kleine mond , i hear Cape Town Radio on ch 83 very strong, 161.775mhz
December 13, 2022 at 6:50 pm |
Greetings
Capetown radio gives a notification that the weather forecast can be listened to on commercial VHF channels.
Please advise what these channels are.
December 16, 2022 at 1:53 am |
156.575 CAPE TOWN SWING BRIDGE CHAN 71
Marine Channel 71 is licensed to Ski Boat Mobile.