What frequency to I use for NOAA?
NOAA (stands for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is the site used by the weather service to broadcast and forecast watches, warnings and other hazardous information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Some of the VHF Marine Radios including hand held VHF Marine Radios purchased today as well as a lot of CB Radios have those frequencies pre-programmed into them and and labeled as such. If your radio doesn’t have this easily identified, you will be able to find the NOAA broadcasts on your VHF Marine Radio under 7 frequencies. They are as follows….. 162.400 MHz; 162.425 MHz; 162.450 MHz; 162.475 MHz; 162.500 MHz; 152.525 MHz; and 162.550 MHz. There’s not much you get for free nowadays – let’s be sure to take advantage of this one! Happy Boater.