Radiocommunications terminals are sited in the consoles
of the MRCC DOVER Operations Room. VHF radio receivers are located
at Dover, while their associated transmitters are at West Hougham
(near Folkestone) to gain optimum coverage of 13 VHF channels. MF
is also fitted at Dover. Other VHF Transmitters are fitted at Fairlight
and North Foreland radio sites and are controlled via landlines. The
VHF channels used are:
- VHF Air (AM) on 132.65 MHz
- Ch 0 (SAR);
- Ch 6 (inter ship / scene of search for SAR);
- Ch 9 (pilotage) - receive only;
- Ch 10 (counter pollution);
- Ch 11 (port operations and CNIS) - continuously monitored;
- Ch 12 (Thames port control) - receive only;
- Ch 13 (inter ship and port operations);
- Ch 14 (Thames port control) - receive only;
- Ch 16 (international distress) - continuously monitored;
- Ch 30 (special operations);
- Ch 67 (small ship safety) - secondary SAR;
- Ch 69 (inter ship, port operations and CNIS);
- Ch 73 (Ch 0 back up);
- Ch 74 (Dover port control);
- Ch 80 (marinas);
- Ch 99 (Coastguard private channel).