FCC 80.383 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 80.383 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system frequencies.
This section describes the carrier frequencies available for use in the
Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) systems within the designated
geographic radio protected areas.
(a) Assigned frequencies:
Vessel Traffic Control Frequencies
Carrier frequencies (MHz) Geographic areas
156.250 Seattle.
156.550 New York, New Orleans,^2Houston, Prince William Sound,^2Berwick Bay.
156.600 New York, New Orleans,^2Houston, San Francisco,^2Sault Ste. Marie.^2
156.700 New York, New Orleans,^2Seattle, San Francisco.^1
^1Private coast station licenses for the use of this frequency will not be
renewed beyond November 1, 1997. Continued use until expiration must be on a
noninterference basis to Coast Guard VTS communications.
^2Private coast station licenses for the use of this frequency in this area
will expire at the end of the current license term or five years after the
adopted date of the final rule, whichever comes first. Continued use until
expiration must be on a noninterference basis to Coast Guard VTS
communications.
(b) The U.S. Coast Guard designated radio protection areas for VTS are as
follows:
(1) New York. The rectangle between north latitudes 40 degrees and 42
degrees and west longitudes 71 degrees and 74 degrees 30 minutes;
(2) New Orleans. The rectangle between North latitudes 27 degrees 30 minutes
and 31 degrees 30 minutes and West longitudes 87 degrees 30 minutes and 93
degrees;
(3) Houston. The rectangle between north latitudes 28 degrees 30 minutes and
30 degrees 20 minutes and west longitudes 93 degrees 30 minutes and 96
degrees;
(4) Seattle (Puget Sound). The area encompassed between the United
States-Canadian border and a line drawn from 49 degrees North 121 degrees
West on the United States-Canadian Border, to 46 degrees 30 minutes North
121 degrees West, then to 46 degrees 30 minutes North 125 degrees West, then
to 48 degrees 30 minutes North 125 degrees West, and then east to the United
States-Canadian Border;
(5) San Francisco. The rectangle between north latitudes 39 degrees and 37
degrees and west longitudes 120 degrees 50 minutes and 123 degrees 20
minutes; and
(6) Prince William Sound. The rectangle between North latitudes 61 degrees
17 minutes and 59 degrees 22 minutes and West longitudes 149 degrees 39
minutes and 145 degrees 36 minutes.
(7) Sault Ste. Marie. The rectangle between North latitudes 45 degrees and
47 degrees, and West longitudes 83 degrees and 85 degrees.
(8) Berwick Bay. The rectangle between North latitudes 28 degrees 30 minutes
and 30 degrees 30 minutes, and West longitudes 90 degrees 50 minutes and 92
degrees.
(c) The use of the frequencies shown in paragraph (a) of this section is
permitted in areas outside the Coast Guard radio protection areas provided
there is no interference to VTS communications within the VTS areas.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 35245 , Sept. 18, 1987; 54 FR 8746 , Mar. 2, 1989; 55 FR 46514 , Nov. 5, 1990; 58 FR 16504 , Mar. 29,
1993; 61 FR 26120 , May 24, 1996; 61 FR 26466 , May 28, 1996; 63 FR 53313 ,
Oct. 5, 1998]
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