Marine Rescue Services in
There are a number of marine rescue services in
When not involved in rescue operations they can often be seen on weekends patrolling the coastal waters, and are in constant contact via radio to other boats and also search and rescue base stations.
Marine radio base stations are scattered throughout the state and keep a listening watch on all of the marine radio and citizen band emergency channels. They also provide scheduled calls, and updated weather forecasts and warnings for vessels at sea or on coastal waterways. Many of these base stations have been established in individuals own homes, and are monitored constantly.
On receipt of a distress call, phone calls can quickly be made to the Police
and other search organisations. Often other emergency
services may be required to assist such as the SA Ambulance Service, State
Emergency Service, or the Adelaide Bank rescue helicopters, large scale searches are
normally coordinated by the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in
Frequencies
Marine Radio Emergency Frequencies
27MHZ
27.880 - CH 88 - General calling and Distress
VHF
156.800 - Ch 16 - General calling and Distress
156.375 - CH 67- Secondary calling and distress
Search & Rescue Organisations
489.325 - CH 4 - Command net -
488.750 - CH 1 - Command net - Yorke
Peninsula
488.975 - CH 9 - S.L.S.A. / Sea Rescue
161.775 - CH 83 - South Coast Squadron (
154.575 - CH 29 - Coast Guard Base Stations
161.625 - CH 80 - Myponga & Elliston Repeater
161.675 - CH 81 - Pt Lincoln Repeater
161.725 - CH 82 - Ceduna, Pt Pirie & Robe Repeater
161.775 - CH 83 - Port Elliot
161.650 - CH 21 - Kangaroo Island North (Mt McDonnell)
161.700 - CH 22 - Kangaroo Island West (Parndana)
Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol -
156.800 - CH 16 - General calling and
Distress
156.375 - CH 67 - Secondary calling and distress
156.675 - CH 73 - General Calling
161.625 - CH 80 - Myponga
Repeater, Wx Reports, Skeds
etc
161.675 - CH 81 - Pt Lincoln Repeater
Surf Life Saving Association
489.225 -
489.125 - Summer Beach Patrols - Adelaide
Beaches
488.975 - CH 9 - S.L.S.A. / Sea Rescue
485.000 - Simplex
484.950 - Simplex - Whyalla
REACT - Marine rescue service (Murray Bridge)
27.680 - CH 68 - Operations
156.625 - CH 72 - Operations
476.525 - UHF CB Channel 5 simplex - Emergency monitoring
476.550 - UHF CB Channel 6 simplex - Operations
Map courtesy of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard
Other Marine frequencies
27MHZ
27.860 - CH 86 - General calling and
Distress, Wx reports (Supplementary to 27.880)
27.900 - CH 90 - Coast Station & Ship, Coast
Guard
27.910 - CH 91 - Coast Station & Ship, Sea
Rescue
27.940 - CH 94 - Messages relating to club
events
27.960 - CH 96 - Messages from ship to Ship
27.980 - CH 98 - Search & Rescue Operations
VHF
156.300 - CH 06 - Port Operations / Search
& Rescue
156.450 - CH 09 - Port Operations (Port Stanvac Oil Refinery)
156.600 - CH 12 - Port Operations (Outer Harbour Signal Station)
156.625 - CH 72 - Calling and Working
156.675 - CH 73 - Calling and Working, Rescue Organisations (Often used)
156.875 - CH 77 - Calling and Working (Special
Events)
156.525 - CH 70 - Water Police ??
General H.F.
International Distress, Safety and Calling:
Monitored by
2182khz: 2201khz: 4125khz: 4428.7khz: 2032khz
Coast Guard and boating around both Gulfs - 2524khz
The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard also operate a Weather Alert Data network which informs people of weather warnings and forecasts, data for this service is transmitted on 148.0875 mhz from Myponga Hill.
The SAGRN is fitted to many marine rescue base stations and some mobile field command vehicles. It is being used for statewide communications amongst the base stations and at rescue incidents where multiple agencies are involved. During larger incidents involving many emergency services a Multi Agency talkgroup may also be allocated to facilitate communications.