N4JRI's Radio Pages
Scanning the James River
Here's what I plug in while tooling around through central Virginia
| Frequency | Comments |
| 156.800 | Ch-16 Calling/Distress, US Coast Guard mostly heard |
| 156.650 | Ch-13 Navigation - primary calling channel for commercial vessels on river |
| 156.450 | Ch-9 alternate calling. Not much heard |
| 156.425 | Ch-68 lots of pleasure boat chit-chat including calling |
| 157.100 | Ch-22A Mostly US Coast Guard broadcasts |
| 157.075 | USCG Group Hampton Roads - Marine Safety Office ... very quiet |
| 157.175 | USCG Aux nets, and Group Hampton Roads working channel |
| 156.550 | Ch-11 Tarmac Lonestar barges/tugs, and Jamestown Ferry |
| 156.600 | Ch-12 USCG Group Hampton Roads - heard, but use unknown |
| 43.10 | company freq for Tarmac Lonestar barges |
| 151.280r | Virginia Marine Patrol (down near the bay) (159.42 input) |
| 159.225 | Virginia Marine Patrol simplex |
| 156.850 | Ch-17 Virginia Marine Patrol chatter |
| 159.435r | Virginia Game Commission (patrols upper James) |
| 151.430 | Virginia Game Commission (patrols upper James) |
| 467.750 | Deepwater Terminal (Port of Richmond) ops |
| 467.825 | Deepwater Terminal (Port of Richmond) ops |
| 467.575 | Deepwater Terminal (Port of Richmond) ops |