Ham radio for my boat

[mikebarb86]

I have a boafang uv 5rv2+ a small hand held ham radio. I am wondering how to program a boating frequency to it. I believe it's channel 16 but this radio needs to be programmed with 000.000 not just 16. I know I probably should just get a marine one but I want a portable ham for home hiking and boating.

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[skipper19]

156.800 mghz is marine vhf channel 16

It is only for international distress or hailing and moving to another channel.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtvhf

List of channels frequency and purpose

Edited August 5, 2016 by skipper19

[mikebarb86]

Great thanks a lot!

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[PhlyanPan]

Buy the programming cable and get the chirp software. It's super easy to program that way. Just have to make sure you get the right cable, there's lots of knock odds that don't work very well.