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Is there a radio channel that is commonly used by boaters and fisherman in the bay area for chatting, news or fishing reports. I know 9 is emergency and 16 is for hailing other vessels and then you have a bunch for ship traffic but is there one to monitor for local issues while on the water.
 
68 and 69 are channels allowed for non-commercial use and most people use those
FYI - 16 is primary emergency channel; 9 is for hailing
 
DBH: alot of the recreational fishermen use Channel 19, so you might want to listen in on that. Beware, though, the language can be "salty".
 
Talk about salty language. I took my grand kids on a salmon trip out of Capitola this last summer. On the radio someone had spotted some whales. My 14 year old granddaughter asked me where they were....she was excited. I told her to get on the radio and ask where they were. She did and some brain dead, under educated fisherman came back on the radio and said "there in the water whore". I went ff on him and told him it was my granddaughters first fishing trip and he was a lowlife jackass and he ought to have more class. He never said another word. I know fisherman don't like kids on the radio but this guy was really an idiot. Oh well.

Dbh
 
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Originally posted by getakey

FYI - 16 is primary emergency channel; 9 is for hailing
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This isn't true in the CA Delta. Ch 9 is monitored by bridge tenders, but you probably won't get an answer if you hail on 9. Also ch 71 used often used by recreational fisherman.
 
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Originally posted by Flutterby

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Originally posted by getakey

FYI - 16 is primary emergency channel; 9 is for hailing
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This isn't true in the CA Delta. Ch 9 is monitored by bridge tenders, but you probably won't get an answer if you hail on 9. Also ch 71 used often used by recreational fisherman.

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You're right. I meant that Ch9 is encouraged for hailing, but most hail on 16. I think most Marinas as well as bridges monitor 9 for hailing shore facilities
 
I am curious. Is the delta different than other areas around the US? I always thought that Channel 13 was for Intership Navigation, Draw bridges & locks.

Ken
 
I've not heard of 13 being used for draw bridges. I know large vessels are supposed to monitor 13 for collision avoidance. Ch 9 is definetly used by draw bridges in the delta.
 
We use 13 for all locks and bridges in Florida.

9 is just used as an alternate or some marinas use it.

Ken
 
You'll wait awhile to get a Florida bridge to open on 13, they use 9. The locks on the Okeeechobee use 13. I've had to have about all of the bridges open for me over the years. Stays that way until you get to NC and VA, where they are 13.

Up in New England, I like the way that 9 is used as the common hailing frequency especially for marinas and radio checks. Keeps a lot of traffic off 16.

On SF Bay 13 is the commercial ship to ship channel (as it is in most places) and 14 is the VTS channel, which is helpful to monitor when the big boys are out in force.Liz, the draw bridges do use 9 in the Delta as the primary for opening requests. I've had to use almost all of them too.
 
In the Chesapeake, fixed bridges monitor channel 13, and that's also used for bridge-to-bridge (ship-to-ship) nav traffic. Channel 9 is an "alternate hailing" channel, with varying degrees of success.

Channel 16 is, of course, for emergencies and hailing... or for any other bozo who believes he's got some important philosophical point that must be made immediately to the airwaves audience in general.

-Chris
 
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