The receiver covers all federally assigned VHF FM channels from the west end of the Cape Cod Canal to the New-Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge. The South Coast of Massachusetts has a very active maritime community known for commercial fishing and pleasure boating. During the spring through fall seasons ferries shuttle people, vehicles and goods between various ports along the Southcoast, Cape and Islands. Year round you will hear Buzzard's Bay Control checking in commercial vessels from many countries for transit through the canal.