New Zealand, along with a number of other countries, has been required to change some maritime VHF repeater channels to make space for newly allocated international services for ship tracking and data services.
New Zealand has moved a few private VHF repeater services, most Coastguard VHF repeater services, and all Now Casting weather services to accommodate these changes.
The frequency changes took place on 1 October 2016, before the peak summer recreational boating season when VHF radio services become busy. This ensures New Zealand is ready for the changes that come into force internationally on 1 January 2017.
For further information see attached link: http://www.rsm.govt.nz/projects-auctions/pdf-and-documents-library/current-projects/RSM_MR campaign_VHF Maps_A3_FA_web.pdf
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