Radio Frequency / Marine Band etc.

[cohengm]

Does anyone know what frequency band cruise ship's communicate and if these are able to be picked up by normal sw/mw/lw radios?

[Cruise Cat]

Try this Link http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/frequencies.htm

 

 

 

73s

[GTJ]

I've used my scanner many times when traveling by railroad but have not done so by cruise ship. There seems to be a paucity of frequency information for cruise lines vis-à-vis railroads. Is there much radio traffic of interest on cruise ships?

 

Only with substantial effort have I found the following frequencies for the Celebrity Mercury.

 

457.5500 Security

457.5750 Bridge/crew

457.6000 Hotel operations

 

Are there any other on-board frequencies?

 

Can anyone provide other frequencies of interest, such as those marine VHF radio channels used when entering or leaving ports? Our itinerary is as follows.

 

San Diego, Calif., U.S.A.

Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico

Acapulco, Gro., Mexico

Huatulco, Oax., Mexico

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Panama Canal transit

Colon, Panama

Cartagena, Colombia

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., U.S.A.

[ecps92]

Yes there is a lack [as they do not license] of Cruise Line [uHF] frequencies.

 

Much of the information on my Pages have been from many Scannists [not just those taking a Cruise] who have been bitten by the SEARCH bug and like the search to find something new.

 

Any confirmations or reconfirmation of frequencies is always appreciated

as when ships move around [port - port, or coast - coast] they sometimes change channels around.

 

As to other channels on-board? Likely. However some of the channels might not be used until:

 

Life Boat Drills, Casino opens, etc

 

 

I've used my scanner many times when traveling by railroad but have not done so by cruise ship. There seems to be a paucity of frequency information for cruise lines vis-à-vis railroads. Is there much radio traffic of interest on cruise ships?

 

Only with substantial effort have I found the following frequencies for the Celebrity Mercury.

 

457.5500 Security

457.5750 Bridge/crew

457.6000 Hotel operations

 

Are there any other on-board frequencies?

 

Can anyone provide other frequencies of interest, such as those marine VHF radio channels used when entering or leaving ports? Our itinerary is as follows.

 

San Diego, Calif., U.S.A.

Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico

Acapulco, Gro., Mexico

Huatulco, Oax., Mexico

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Panama Canal transit

Colon, Panama

Cartagena, Colombia

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., U.S.A.