How Do You Convert VHF Marine Radio Channel To Mhz?
The marine VHF radio frequencies are those that cover the broadcast spectrum from 156.050 MHz to 162.525 MHz. Converting the channel number on your marine VHF radio to a numerical frequency in MHz—in order to listen in without having to buy a dedicated marine VHF radio—requires little effort if you have a radio that can receive transmissions in the frequencies between 156 MHz and 163 MHz. Two methods are available and, with practice, you’ll find the simplest method for your purposes. Go to the website of the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center/Marine Telecom page of the U.S. VHF Channels. Find the VHF channel you wish to listen to in the first column. To the right of the VHF channel in the first column is the corresponding VHF frequency. Write the numbers 5 through 14 vertically on a sheet of paper. Next to the number 5, which is channel 5, the lowest marine VHF frequency, write 156.250. Add 0.5 to that. The result is 156.300—the frequency for channel 6. The frequency of each chan
