Appendix  
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11.2 National DSC frequencies for routine calls 
When ship and coast stations call national stations for purposes that are not safety or distress 
purposes, normally use the national frequencies allocated by the administrator prior to using the 
international frequencies listed later.
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  The frequencies for Japan are as follows. Additionally, the 
pair frequencies are used to make a call to the coast station. 
 
Tx (kHz)  Rx (kHz)  Tx (kHz)  Rx (kHz)  Tx (kHz)  Rx (kHz) 
2169.00 8391.50 8431.50 18872.00 19682.50 
4180.50  4218.00  12521.00 12623.00 22318.00 22410.00 
6275.50  6326.50  16721.00 16844.00 25175.00 26103.00 
 
11.3 International DSC frequencies for routine calls 
 
The following international
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  frequencies are used when calling ship and coast stations via DSC if 
the other station's nationality or the frequency they are watching is not know, except for safety or 
distress calls. CH No. indicates channel numbers preprogrammed to this equipment.   
CH 
No.  Tx (kHz)  Rx (kHz)     CH No.  Tx (kHz)  Rx (kHz)   
--- 2189.50 2177.00         
    1602  16805.00 16903.00 
402   4208.00  4219.50      1603   16805.50  16903.50 
403   4208.50  4220.00      1604   16806.00  16904.00 
404   4209.00  4220.50           
    1801  18898.50 19703.50 
602   6312.50  6331.00      1802   18899.00  19704.00 
603   6313.00  6331.50      1803   18899.50  19704.50 
604   6313.50  6332.00           
    2201  22374.50 22444.00 
802   8415.00  8436.50      2202   22375.00  22444.50 
803   8415.50  8437.00      2203   22375.50  22445.00 
804   8416.00  8437.50           
    2501  25208.50 26121.00 
1202   12577.50  12657.00      2502   25209.00  26121.50 
1203   12578.00  12657.50      2503   25209.50  26122.00 
1204   12578.50  12658.00           
 
-  The above frequencies can only be used when the DSC message category is 
Routine.  
-  The above table lists the sending and receiving frequencies (duplex) when a 
ship station calls a coast station.   
-  Routine calls between ship stations use 2177.00 kHz as simplex.   
-  Channels not listed in the table above (401/601/801/1201/1601) are the 
frequencies listed earlier for distress and safety purposes.   
-  In the table above, channels 402/602/802/1202/1602/1801/2201/2501 should 
be selected first when making routine DSC calls on international frequencies.
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3
 ITU-R M.541-9  Annex 3  4.1.2 
4
 RR Appendix 15 
5
 RR Appendix 17  part A  footnote l 
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