Art.87 - VHF-UHF Radiotelephony :

A - VHF Radiotelephony for vessels from Sea :

(1) At Port Said :

a) Port management ( Listening ) :

Call sign : ( Port Said 16 ) ( HP-1 ) 156.800 MHz

b) Pilot vessel and Radar guidance :

i) Outside the harbour :

Call sign : ( Port Said 12 ) ( HP-2 ) 156.600 MHz

ii) Inside the harbour :

Call sign : ( Port Said 13 ) ( HP-3 ) 156.650 MHz

c) Admeasurement Office :

Call sign : ( Port Said 73 ) ( M ) 156.675 MHz

(2) At Port of Suez :

a) Port management ( Listening ) :

Call sign : ( Suez 16 ) ( HP-1 ) 156.800 MHz

b) Pilot vessel and Radar guidance :

i) Outside the harbour :

Call sign : ( Suez 11 ) ( HP-2 ) 156.550 MHz

ii) Inside the harbour :

Call sign : ( Suez 14 ) ( HP-3 ) 156.700 MHz

c) Admeasurement Office :

Call sign : ( Suez 74 ) ( M ) 156.675 MHz

B - UHF Radiotelephony in the Canal :

(1)UHF voice communication system was built to cover all the Canal and its approaches to facilitate communication between pilots and the main movement office at Ismailia and the port management offices.

The Canal pilot uses a special portable UHF personal transceiver which has the following frequencies.

CH.

Reception

Transmission

NO.

Frequency

Frequency

Function

MHz

MHz

1

415.35

412.85

Vessels from North (SB)

2

415.60

413.10

Vessels from South (NB)

3

415.85

413.35

Emergency (EM)

4

416.60

141.10

In Port of Suez

harbour HP ( T )

5

416.35

413.85

In Port Said

harbour HP ( S )

6

416.13

413.60

Emergency (EMC)

Critical Vessels (out of convoy)

(2)Escort tugs-towing tugs will use special portable UHF transceiver set which has the following frequencies :

Ch. 1 414.750 MHz

Ch. 2 414.775 MHz

Ch. 3 414.800 MHz