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Retiring ,
@Retiring@lemmy.ml avatar

The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) decided that. They developed a standard which can be found here

Ziggurat ,

Bonus question : Why a channel rather than a frequency ? I have no idea how to set my radion on channel 16, but I can most likely listen or even talk on the maritime band with my free-flight radio (which technically is an unlocked VHF-UHF transmiter) Obvious note that I stay on the allocated frequencies for free-flight or the PMR-446 band and never use the HAM band

Crampon OP ,

I believe this is for ease of use. When using HF or MF you have to set the frequency yourself. That is a level above The required SRC - short range certificate needed for a VHF.

skillissuer ,
@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

under the hood it is a frequency, it’s standardized by ITU

zaph ,

The frequency is 156.8mhz. The documentation gives both.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

“Because” or “Shut up that’s why” (that’s my favorite “because”)

It is. We had to decide on a standard distress channel. That’s it.

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