Champaign-Urbana

1 SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA
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[edit] SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

[edit] Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference

All Champaign County METCAD Dispatched Public Safety Communications will be migrating to Motorola digital trunked systems in 2007. Rantoul is expected to join the MDICE system.

AGENCY	DISPATCH CHANNEL	MODE	UNIT ID's
Champaign County Sheriff	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	500s
Champaign County Rural Fire	154.250 (131.8)	Analog
Champaign County Rural PDs	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	6-Letter-#
Champaign Fire	MDICE TRS (paged on 154.070)	P25	100s
Champaign Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21500	P25	700s,900s
Illinois State Police	Starcom 21 TRS	P25	X's
Parkland College Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21505	P25	S's
Rantoul Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21504	P25
University of IL PD	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	100s,200s
Urbana Fire	MDICE TRS (paged on 154.070)	P25	200s
Urbana PD	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	300s,400s

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*   CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (METCAD) POLICE RADIO IDS   *
* 						 *
* AGENCY	  RADIO_ID	DISP_CHANNEL	 *
* U of I	  100s, 200s	MDICE TG 21501	 *	
* Urbana	  300s, 400s	MDICE TG 21501	 *               		
* Champaign	  700s, 900s	MDICE TG 21500	 *
* County Sheriff  500s		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Fisher	  6__5		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Ludlow	  6__6		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Gifford	  6__7		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Thomasboro	  6__8		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Ogden		  6__13		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Homer		  6__19		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Mahomet	  6__22		MDICE TG 21501 	 *
* Tolono	  6__24		MDICE TG 21501	 *
*			                         *
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[edit] MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

All public safety agencies in Champaign County are using the MDICE system as of September 28, 2008.

Most of the police talkgroups (excepting the UIPD/UPD/Sheriff Dispatch talkgroup, Champaign PD Dispatch, and some of the event talkgroups) are 100% encrypted.

METCAD Public Safety agencies migrated from VHF/UHF to a state-of-the-art Project 25 TRS simulcast system in late 2007 and early 2008. For more information about this system:

[edit] Implementation Timeline

March 23, 2007 - new 285' tower is erected at METCAD
March 27, 2007 - METCAD granted FCC license for the new MDCIE system WQGQ800
May 23, 2007 - System begins transmitting and first transmissions are heard on TG: 21002
June 2007 - Testing continues daily on TG 21002
June 18, 2007 - METCAD posts the public safety talkgroup layout on its website
August 21, 2007 - Sheriff's Department is now using MDICE radios ('Patrol 2' - TG 21501) which is cross-patched with 453.900/453.150.
August 26, 2007 - Nearly all the Urbana PD and U of I PD officers are using MDICE radios, but their TG is still simulcast over 453.900/453.150. There is currently one full-time patch between UHF and MDICE, and two others as needed:
- 453.150/453.900 = PATROL 2 (21501) {full-time}
- 453.975 = INCIDENT 3 (22503) {as-necessary}
- 453.250 = INCIDENT 4 (22504) {as-necessary}
September 24, 2007 - Champaign PD is now using MDICE exclusively with dispatch on PATROL 1 TG 21500. 453.400 is now silent.
October 23, 2007 - 453.150 is no longer simulcasting MDICE. Unsure of exactly when this quit, however, 453.900 still simulcasts Patrol 2 from MDICE.
November 14, 2007 - It's been noted that the 453.900/PATROL 2 simulcast is no longer active. 453.900 is now silent.
November 29, 2007 - TG 21532 "COURT SECURITY" is now being used by the deputies covering the courthouse.
December 17, 2007 - Parkland College PD now uses MDICE TG 21505.
January 29, 2008 - Urbana and Champaign Fire moved operations to MDICE this morning. Paging still occurs on 154.070 which isn't simulcast on MDICE. Fire responses have been on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1.
January 30, 2008 - 154.070 is being simulcast onto TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH
Spring 2008 - Weather spotters are now using MDICE TG 21204 WEATHER for storm spotting reports
August/September 2008 - Testing is ongoing on TG 22006 FIREGROUND 5 with rural fire departments trying out their new radios.
August 31, 2008 - METCAD has updated some of their talkgroup listing at their scanner information page
September 9, 2008 - Rantoul PD moved to MDICE TG 21504.
September 28, 2008 - Rural Fire Departments began using MDICE, all Public Safety agencies across Champaign County are now using MDICE (Source: METCAD)
September 28, 2008 - Rantoul FD is now using MDICE
October 15, 2008 - Champaign and Urbana Public Works are scheduled to join MDICE by this date.

[edit] System Frequencies and Talkgroups

Frequencies:

101

Simulcast System

866.06250

866.55000

866.80000

867.10000

867.56250*

868.13750*

868.52500*

868.82500*

Identified Talkgroups:

DEC	HEX	Mode	Display	Description
21001	5209	E	METCAD Ops	METCAD Operations (encrypted 5/07)
21002	520a	E	MET Testing	unid encryption (10/07) range testing (6/12/07) non-encrypted (5/07)
21003	520b	E	MDICE Radio	MDICE - Radio System Technicians and Maintenance
21004	520c	E	MET Op/Maint	METCAD System - Syestem Operations and Maintenance
21006	520e	D	911	Systemwide Emergency \"911\"
21200	52d0	E	EMA Admin	EMA Admin - Champaign County EMA Administration
21201	52d1	D	EMA Ops 1	EMA Ops 1 - Champagin County EMA Operations
21202	52d2	E	EMA Ops 2	EMA Ops 2 - Champagin County EMA EOC Coordination
21204	52d4	D	Weather	Weather/Storm Spotter Coordination
21500	53fc	D	Patrol 1	Patrol 1 - Champaign PD Dispatch
21501	53fd	D	Patrol 2	Patrol 2 - UPD, UIPD, CCSO, Rural Police Dispatch
21504	5400	D	Rantoul PD	Patrol 5 - Rantoul PD
21505	5401	D	Parkland PD	Parkland College PD
21506	5402	E	Patrol Ops 1	Patrol Ops 1 - Secure channel for CPD (car-car, emergency incidents)
21507	5403	E	Patrol Ops 2	Patrol Ops 2 - Secure channel for Patrol 2 departments (car-car, emergency incidents)
21510	5406	E	Patrol Ops 5	Patrol Ops 5 - Secure channel for Rantoul PD
21526	5416	E	All Police	All Police -- (Interagency Communications)
21532	541c	D	Court Sec	Courthouse Security
21536	5420	E	Invest 1	Investigations 1 - CPD
21537	5421	E	Invest 2	Investigations 2 - UPD, UIPD, CCSO
22000	55f0	D	Fire Ops 1	Fire Ops 1 / Responses (used for CFD and UFD fire responses)
22002	55f2	D	Fireground 1	Fireground 1
22003	55f3	D	Fireground 2	Fireground 2
22004	55f4	D	Fireground 3	Fireground 3
22005	55f5	D	Fireground 4	Fireground 4 - non-METCAD fire responses
22006	55f6	D	Fireground 5	Fireground 5 - rural fire responses
22012	55fc	D	Fire Disp	Fire Dispatch (simulcasting 154.070) (future: to simulcast 154.250)
22013	55fd	D	FD Command 1	Fire Command 1
22500	57e4	D	Incident 1	Incident 1 (for all Public Safety)
22501	57e5	D	Incident 2	Incident 2 (for all Public Safety)
22502	57e6	D	Incident 3	Incident 3 (for all Public Safety)
22503	57e7	D	Incident 4	Incident 4 (for all Public Safety)
22504	57e8	E	Incident 5	Incident 5 (for all Public Safety)
22505	57e9	E	Incident 6	Incident 6 (for all Public Safety)
22506	57ea		Incident 7	Incident 7 (for all Public Safety)
22507	57eb	E	Incident 8	Incident 8 (for all Public Safety)
22701	58ad	D	Champaign PW	PW Ops 1 - City of Champaign Public Works
22705	58b1	D	Urbana PW	PW Ops 5 - City of Urbana Public Works
22708	58b4	D	Co Highway 1	PW Ops 8 - County Highway 1
22709	58b5	D	Co Highway 2	PW Ops 9 - County Highway 2
22712	58b8	D	PblcWrks All	All Public Works
22900	5974	D	UIC Util F1	University of Illinois - Utilities Department 1
22901	5975	D	UIC Util F2	University of Illinois - Utilities Department 2
24975	618f	D	WX Alert	Severe Weather Announcements

Unidentified Talkgroups:
P25/Non-Encrypted talkgroups

22706 P25 transmissions logged from and Urbana PW radios. Probably PW OPS 6.
22714 P25 transmissions logged from and Urbana PW radios.

Encrypted talkgroups

21205 unidentified, encrypted
21250 used by weather spotters radios; only encrypted transmissions logged
21511 used completely by Parkland College PD ; probably PATROL OPS 6
21512 always encrypted
21513 unit on TG 21501 told another unit "switch over to my channel" and they went to 21513
21515 used completely by county sheriff radios
21518 unidentified encrypted
21527 used completely by CPD radios
21528 used completely by CPD radios
21529 unid - encrypted (12/07) used by PATROL 2 department radios - SWAT/METRO team?
21530 used by UPD and UIPD radios - SWAT/METRO team?
21531 used completely by county sheriff radios
21539 always encrypted
21542 always encrypted
22014 always encrypted

Affiliations only. No transmissions heard/logged

21005 formerly listed as "METCAD EOC Net - EOC communications" on METCAD's website, affiliations from METCAD radios
21101 affiliation from radio id 1; logged 5/2/2007 when the system was new--haven't seen affiliations since then on this TG
21253 affiliations from 4 CPD radios and 1 RPD radio
21502 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
21503 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
21508 affiliations from UPD, UIPD radios; no transmissions have been logged
21509 affiliations from UPD and UIPD and a 41000000 series radio
21514 affiliations from two UIPD radios
21525 affiliations from CPD, UPD, and Parkland PD radios
21538 affiliations from UIPD radios
21539 affiliation from County Sheriff radio
21540 affiliation from RPD radio
22001 formerly listed as FIRE TACTICAL on METCAD's website, affiliation from a METCAD radio
22010 formerly listed as HAZMAT on METCAD's website, affiliations from rural fire radios and an Arrow Ambulance radio
22011 formerly listed as TECH RESCUE on METCAD's website, affiliations from a few fire radios and METCAD consoles; no transmissions have been logged
22707 affiliations from Urbana PW radios

Other:

21203 was formerly listed as "EMA Region 7 - communication with other EMA agencies in neighboring counties of Region 7" on METCAD's website. No affiliations or transmissions have been logged.

METCAD Radio ID sequences for Pro96com
-Updated 9/29/08-

4000000 METCAD radios
4001000 Champaign PD
4001100 Champaign PD
4001200 Urbana PD
4001300 Urbana PD
4001500 U of I PD
4001700 County Sheriff
4001800 County Sheriff
4002200 Rural PDs
4002300 Rural PDs
4002500 Parkland Police
4002600 Rantoul PD
4020000 Champaign Fire
4020100 Champaign Fire
4021000 Urbana Fire
4022000 Bondville Fire
4022200 Carroll Fire
4023400 Sadorus Fire
4022400 Edge-Scott Fire
4022500 Homer Fire
4022700 Longview Fire
4022800 Ogden-Royal Fire
4023100 Rantoul Fire
4023300 St. Joe Fire
4023600 Savoy Fire
4024000 Sidney Fire
4024300 Ludlow Fire
4024400 Thomasboro Fire
4024600 Cornbelt Fire
4090000 Arrow Ambulance
4090250 Pro Ambulance
4100200 Weather Spotters
4200500 Urbana PW
4200600 Champaign PW
4500000 U of I Utilities units
4900000 METCAD Dispatch Console

If you want Pro96com or ARC396 files for this system, send me a PM.

[edit] Champaign PD

As of September 24, 2007, Urbana PD is using MDICE for all their operations. Their dispatch talkgroup TG 21500 'PATROL 1' IS NOT simulcast on 453.400 however. All UHF usage is over. For emergencies, the responding units will use TG 21506 PATROL OPS 1 (which is encrypted).

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: 700s - patrol officers; 900s - command officers

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
453.40000	458.40000	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		METCAD: Champaign PD (OLD) [F-1]	FM
453.97500	458.97500	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		METCAD: Urbana Police Alternate (Tac2) [F-2] (OLD)	FM
453.25000	458.25000	KBQ607	RM	118.8 PL		METCAD: Events & Champaign PD Alternate (OLD) [F-5]	FM
155.05500		KVA903	B	CSQ	I-REACH	Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid	FM

Champaign PD Media Reports (Daily Response Log)

Champaign PD Beats

Champaign PD Beat Map presented in the June 26, 2007 Champaign City Council Meeting

North District
Beat 1-1 - East of Neil and north of University Ave.
Beat 1-2 - Prospect to Neil north of University Ave.
Northwest District
Beat 1-3 - Area bounded by Prospect, University Ave, McKinley
Beat 1-4 - Area bounded by University, McKinley and Bradley
Beat 1-5 - Duncan to Rising Rd. north of University Ave. and South of Bloomington Rd. (not on the map)
South District
Beat 2-1 - East of Neil St and south of University Ave.
Beat 2-2 - Prospect to Neil but south of University Ave.
Southwest District
Beat 2-3 - Mattis to Prospect but south of University Ave.
Beat 2-4 - West of Mattis and south of University Ave.

Source: Chamapign City Council Meeting - June 26, 2007 "Policing Strategies by District" (SS 2007-042)

[edit] Champaign Fire

As of January 29, 2008, Champaign Fire is using MDICE for their operations. Paging still occurs on 154.070 which is simulcast on MDICE TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH. Fire responses have been on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1.

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: Champaign County MABAS Division 28 changed all the county fire radio ids on 11/26/07. Current Champaign Fire Department radio ids can be found here. 10s and 100s Chief Officer cars are Car 1,6,8,9. Comand car is Car 10. We have Engine 11,12,13,14,15,16 and reserve engines 112,113. We have ladder trucks 111,114 and reserve ladder 115. We have rescue 18 and reserve rescue 118.(These were the old unit id's prior to 11/26/07.)

Uniden Fire Tone-Outs for Champaign Fire can be found here

Old VHF channels

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
154.07000	156.01500	KNNK417	RM	131.8 PL	MET CUFD Dis	METCAD: Champaign-Urbana Fire [F-1; simulcast onto TG 22012 on MDICE]	FM
154.07000		KNNK417	BM	131.8 PL	MET CUFD TA2	METCAD: Fireground [F-2 Talk-Around]	FM
154.26500		KNNK417	BM	210.7 PL	IFERN	Fire: Statewide Fire [F-4] (METCAD 210.7 PL/mobiles 131.8 PL)	FM
154.25000		KNNK417	BM	131.8 PL	MET FD Rur5	METCAD: Rural Fire Dispatch [F-5]	FM
154.19000		KNNK417	BM	131.8 PL	MET FD Rur6	METCAD: Fire Alternate [F-6, rarely used] / Willard Airport	FM
155.34000		KB47072	M		MERCI-1	Ambulance-to-Hospital Comms	FM

[edit] Urbana PD

As of August 24, 2007, Urbana PD is using MDICE for all their operations.

Dispatched by METCAD

Units: 300s - patrol officers; 400s - command officers

Dispatch is on MDICE TG 21501 - also on this channel are U of I PD (100s/200s), County Sheriff (500s) and Rural PDs (6Letter#'s).
Tactical ops are still on 155.655 (107.2) as of 9/11/07. Some tactical ops were heard on 453.975 (118.8) on 2/15/08

METCAD Police Codes and Terminology

Urbana PD frequencies prior to MDICE:

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
453.97500	458.97500	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL	UPD-2	METCAD: Urbana / U of I Police Alternate [F-2] [NOW on MDICE TRS 9/07]	FM
453.90000	458.90000	KFR851	RM	118.8 PL	UPD-3	METCAD: Urbana Police Dispatch [F-3] [NOW on MDICE TRS 9/07]	FM
453.90000		KHR951	M	118.8 PL	UPD-4	METCAD: Urbana / U of I Police - Talkaround [F-4] [NOW on MDICE TRS 9/07]	FM
453.25000	458.25000	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL	UPD-5	METCAD: University Police @ Athletic Events, Concerts [NOW on MDICE TRS 9/07] [F-5[]	FM
155.05500		KSA995	M	CSQ	I-REACH	Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid	FM
155.65500	158.91000	KSA995	RM	107.2 PL	UPD Tac	Urbana: Tac / Champaign County Street Crimes Unit (Voice Inversion capable)	FM

Urbana PD - Daily Activity Log - click on Reports, then Media Reports to see the recent crime log in Urbana

[edit] Urbana Fire

As of January 29, 2008, Urbana Fire is using MDICE for their operations. Paging still occurs on 154.070 which is simulcast on MDICE TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH. Fire responses have been on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1.

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: 200s

Uniden Fire Tone-Outs for Urbana Fire Department can be found here

Old VHF channels:

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
154.07000	156.01500	KNNK417	RM	131.8 PL	MET CUFD Dis	METCAD: Champaign-Urbana Fire [F1/3, simulcast onto TG 22012 on MDICE]	FM
154.07000		KNNK417	BM	131.8 PL	MET FD FG2	METCAD: Fireground [F-2 Talk-Around]	FM
154.26500		KNNK417	BM	210.7 PL	IFERN	Fire: Statewide Mutual Aid [F-4] (METCAD 210.7 PL/mobiles 131.8 PL)	FM
154.25000		KNNK417	BM	131.8 PL	MET FD Rur5	METCAD: Rural Fire Dispatch [F-5]	FM

Urbana FD Responses - Daily Call Log

Photos and locations of the Urbana Fire Department Fire Stations

[edit] Champaign-Urbana Fire Tone-Outs for Uniden Scanners

Sources: CARMAchicago Yahoo!Group's Database section and from personal monitoring using counter.exe
the following tones have all been verified using a BCD396T

[edit] Champaign Fire Tone-Outs

Frequency	Tone A	Tone B	Station
154.070	1153.4	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 A (formerly Station 1 - Headquarters)
154.070	1185.2	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 B (formerly Station 2)
154.070	1217.8	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 C (formerly Station 3)
154.070	1251.4	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 D (formerly Station 4)
154.070	1285.8	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 E (formerly Station 5)
154.070	1321.2	1395.0	Champaign FD Station 100 F (formerly Station 6)

[edit] Urbana Fire Tone-Outs

Frequency	Tone A	Tone B	Station
154.070	1433.4	1185.2	Urbana FD Station 1 (Headquarters/Downtown)
154.070	1395.0	1185.2	Urbana FD Station 2 (South Station)
154.070	1357.6	1185.2	Urbana FD Station 3 (North Station)
154.070	1321.2	1185.2	Urbana FD Station 4 (West Station/U of I Campus)

[edit] Medic 1 and Medic 4 Fire Tone-Outs

Frequency	Tone A	Tone B	Station
154.070	1395.0	1217.8	Medic 1
154.070	1357.6	1217.8	Medic 4

[edit] Medical

Paging for Champaign-Urbana medical calls is on 154.070 (131.8). For rural calls, paging is on 154.250 (131.8) or if it's in Rantoul's jurisdiction, it'll be on 155.130 (131.8).

The ambulance will communicate with either Carle or Provena Hospitals on MERCI 155.340 with a PL tone of either 186.2 or 210.7. The hospitals transmit back on 155.340 in CSQ.

[edit] Arrow Ambulance

462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance Dispatch

[edit] PRO Ambulance

462.950 (186.2) PRO Ambulance Dispatch
461.600 (DCS464) PRO Ambulance - Medivan
155.130 (131.8) Village of Rantoul (PRO Ambulance paging)
155.130 (192.8) Village of Rantoul (PRO Ambulance response)
458.0875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
458.1125 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
458.1375 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
458.1875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
460.5125 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
460.5375 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
460.5625 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
468.1875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender

[edit] Carle Foundation Hospital

464.800 (151.4) Carle Hospital Security
463.450 (DCS411) Carle Hospital Maintenance
464.425 (DCS226) Carle Hospital Shuttle Buses

[edit] Provena Covenant Hospital

461.625 (DCS624) Provena Covenant Hospital Security

[edit] U of I - Illini Emergency Medical Service

Used during U of I football games. Also monitor either 462.975 or 462.950 for medical calls during the game as well as 155.340 for transports to the hospital.

451.450 (DCS131) University of Illinois
158.865 (CSQ) Illini Emergency Medical Service

[edit] Champaign County Sheriff's Department

As of August 21, 2007, the Champaign County Sheriff's Department is using MDICE TG 21501 'Patrol 2'. For emergencies, the responding units will use TG 21507 PATROL OPS 2 (which is encrypted). The Courthouse started using MDICE in place of 460.225 on 11/29/07.

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: 500s are Sheriff's Department Deputies. The Sheriff's Department uses the MDICE TRS TG 21501. Also on the same channel/talkgroup are U of I PD (100s/200s), Urbana PD (300s/400s) and Village PDs (6Letter#). 6Letter# are village PD units (the number corresponds to the beat; such as 6David24 is a Tolono PD officer and 6Baker22 is a Mahomet PD officer).
The County Jail is still on 453.300 (156.7) however.
The Sheriff's Department uses 453.150 (118.8) for dispatch. 453.150 is always patched to 453.900 so you hear the same radio traffic on both channels. Ch2 is talkaround on 453.150. Ch4 453.625 is rarely used, but is a countywide repeater for the Sheriff's Department. For events like U of I football games or the annual County Fair, the deputies use Ch5 453.250 (118.8).

Champaign County Police beats

Old Champaign County Sheriff Frequencies (being phased out):

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
453.15000	458.15000	KUD283	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) Sheriff / Urbana PD / Rural PD's [F-1]	FM
453.15000		KUD283	M	118.8 PL		(OLD) Sheriff: Talk-Around [F-2]	FM
453.90000		KVA903	M	118.8 PL		(OLD) University of Illinois PD [F-3]	FM
453.62500	458.62500	KUD283	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) Sheriff: Car-to-Car / Alternate / Admin (rarely used) [F-4]	FM
453.25000	458.25000	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) Tac 5 - U of I - Special Events [F-5]	FM
453.97500	458.97500	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) Urbana/U of I Police Alternate [F-7]	FM
453.40000	458.40000	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) Champaign Police	FM
155.65500	158.91000	KSA995	RM	107.2 PL		(OLD) County Street Crimes Unit (Voice Inversion capable)	FM
453.06250			M	118.8 PL		(OLD) METCAD: Police - Tactical/Surveillance [No license]	FM
453.30000	458.30000	KUD283	RM	156.7 PL	Chmp SD Jail	Sheriff: Jail (VERY low power)	FM
453.72500		KUD283	BM	118.8 PL	Chmp JuvDntn	Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center	FM
155.05500		KUD283	BM	CSQ	I-REACH	Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid (ISP D10 Units to METCAD)	FM
460.22500	465.22500	KNCC446	RM	118.8 PL	Chmp Courths	(OLD) Courthouse Security	FM

[edit] Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)

DEC	HEX	Mode	Display	Description
21200	52d0	E	EMA Admin	EMA Admin - Champaign County EMA Administration
21201	52d1	D	EMA Ops 1	EMA Ops 1 - Champagin County EMA Operations
21202	52d2	E	EMA Ops 2	EMA Ops 2 - Champagin County EMA EOC Coordination
21204	52d4	D	Weather	Weather/Storm Spotter Coordination
24975	618f	D	WX Alert	Severe Weather Announcements

Severe weather alert message are broadcast on MDICE TRS TG 24975 as well as on IREACH 155.055 and Rural Fire 154.250.

The main channel to monitor when storms approach is TG 21204 on the MDICE TRS. Also worth monitoring is the Champaign County ARES spotter channel 444.100 (162.2). Since 444.100 is used for other purposes during regular weather, it is best to lock it out in your scanner until the weather turns severe. 155.115 (131.8) is used solely for EMA purposes. The 155.040 (131.8) repeater is no longer used for weather spotting purposes.

Countywide

MDICE TRS TG 21204 "WEATHER" - weather spotter reports to the EOC
155.115 (131.8) County EMA fixed point-to-point/announcement channel [simplex]
444.100 (162.2) Champaign County ARES spotters [repeater]
147.060 (131.8) Champaign County ARES (backup to 444.100) [repeater]
City of Champaign TRS TG 208 has severe weather watches/warnings announcements

Village/Rural Spotters

151.115 (131.8) Homer ESDA
155.865 (131.8) Mahomet ESDA
154.995 (CSQ) Pesotum ESDA
155.775 (CSQ) Philo ESDA
158.805 (127.3) Savoy ESDA [repeater]
158.820 (186.2) Thomasboro ESDA
151.0775 (DCS 223) Tolono ESDA [repeater]

Supplemental Information from Radioreference.com's Database:

Champaign County EMA

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
155.11500		WPWK613	BM	131.8 PL	Chmp ESDA	ESDA: Point-to-Point / County EMS [F-1] (was KCP566 Expired)	FM
155.04000	158.92500	WPWK613	RM	131.8 PL	Chmp ESDA F2	ESDA: Spotters Main [F-2](NO LONGER USED 5/2008)	FM
155.22000		KB24156	BM	131.8 PL	Chmp ESDA	ESDA	FM
155.02500		KB66152	M	CSQ	ESMARN	ESDA: Statewide Highband	FM
45.44000			BM	103.5 PL	IEMA D&C	IEMA: Direction and Control	FM
45.56000			BM	103.5 PL		Local ESDA Net (210.7 PL State?)	FM
155.34000		KB24156	M		MERCI-1	Ambulance to Hospital Comms	FM

[edit] University of Illinois

Map of Frequencies Licensed within 1 mile of the campus

[edit] U of I Police and Fire

As of August 24, 2007, U of I PD is using MDICE for all their operations.

Police is dispatched by METCAD. ~~U of I PD is dispatched on 453.900 (118.8). This repeater is shared with Urbana PD (300s and 400s), County Sheriff's Department (500s) and Rural PDs (6___#).~~ 100s are U of I patrol officers, 200s are U of I command officers. Fire dispatch is provided by Champaign and Urbana Fire Dept's on 154.070 (131.8). During sporting events, concerts, and parades, U of I PD use MDICE TG 22503 'INCIDENT 4' while at events (during football games, this talkgroup is simulcast on 453.250 (118.8) but otherwise the simulcast is not active).

U of I PD frequencies prior to MDICE:

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
453.97500	458.97500	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) METCAD: Urbana & University Police: Alternate [F-2]	FM
453.90000	458.90000	KFR851	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) METCAD: University Police Dispatch [F-3]	FM
453.90000		KVA903	BM	118.8 PL		(OLD) METCAD: Urbana & University Police Talkaround [F-4]	FM
453.25000	458.25000	KVA903	RM	118.8 PL		(OLD) METCAD: University Police @ Athletic Events, Concerts [F-5]	FM
453.75000	458.75000	WNKT448	RM	123.0 PL	UIUC Parking	Parking Services (@ 101 N. Matthews)	FM

[edit] University of Illinois - Athletics

University of Illinois Athletics frequencies:

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
464.52500	469.52500	WQBI259	RM	100.0 PL	AsmblyHallOp	Assembly Hall: General Operations	FM
463.35000	468.35000		RM	506 DPL	AsmblyHllSec	Assembly Hall: Security [No License]	FM
451.35000	456.35000	WPWB756	RM	071 DPL	Mem Stadm F1	Athletics Department: Gameday Operations/Maintenance [F-1]	FM
452.62500	457.62500	WPWB756	RM	043 DPL	Mem Stadm F2	Athletics Department: Guest Services, Tickets [F-2]	FM
452.22500	457.22500	WPWB756	RM	115 DPL	Mem Stadm F3	Athletics Department: Concessions [F-3]	FM
453.60000	458.60000	KIA514	RM	85.4 PL	MemStdParkng	Athletics: Football Game Parking/Golf-cart shuttles [F-10]	FM
464.60000		WPDM661	M	532 DPL	MemStd Audio	Memorial Stadium: Audio Techs (Nationwide)	FM
464.62500		WPDM661	M	031 DPL	Mem Stadm F6	Memorial Stadium: Press Box to Band Leader (Nationwide) [F-6]	FM
464.65000		WPDM661	M	047 DPL	MemStdFrwks	Memorial Stadium: Fireworks (Nationwide)	FM
464.82500			M	411 DPL	MemStd Luxry	Memorial Stadium: Luxury Suites food service [F-13]	FM
464.37500			M	072 DPL	MemStd ???	Memorial Stadium: (new freq for 2008 season) [F-12?]	FM

U of I football and men's basketball games are broadcast on AM 1400 WDWS and on Lite Rock 97.5 FM.

Memorial Stadium (link)

MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" METCAD Police Detail
~~453.250 118.8 METCAD Ch 5 PD Events Detail (UIPD, Champaign PD, County Shf)~~
Starcom21 TRS TG 13020 "D10 DETAIL A" Illinois State Police Detail
~~155.460 CSQ Illinois State Police HF4 (detailed units)~~
MDICE TRS TG 22502 "INCIDENT 3" Urbana Fire staged at the stadium
~~154.265 CSQ Champaign-Urbana FD at the game~~
461.600 DCS464 Pro Ambulance detailed at the game
453.600 85.4 Football game parking/Golf Cart Shuttles (ch10)
464.650 DCS047 Memorial Stadium Fireworks
464.600 DCS532 Memorial Stadium Audio Techs
464.625 DCS031 Memorial Stadium press-box to band leader (ch6)
451.350 DCS071 Memorial Stadium Maintenance (ch1)
451.450 DCS131 Illini Emergency Medical Services
452.225 DCS115 Memorial Stadium Concessions (ch3)
452.625 DCS043 Memorial Stadium Guest Services (ch2)
464.825 DCS411 Memorial Stadium Luxury Boxes/Suites food service (ch13)
464.375 DCS072 Memorial Stadium possibly - channel 12
158.865 CSQ Illini Emergency Medical Service "talkabout" (Illini EMS carries both VHF and UHF radios)
462.975 179.9 Arrow Ambulance Dispatch
462.950 186.2 Pro Ambulance Dispatch
Starcom21 TRS TG 30332 "ITTF INCIDENT 1" Illinois State Police Helicopter flying over the stadium
155.340 210.7 MERCI (ambulance to hospital)
155.340 186.2 MERCI (ambulance to hospital)
MDICE TRS TG 21006 "911" heard mention of "stadium command" after the game

For additional information about scanning U of I football games, see this forum thread
-For public safety at Memorial Stadium, CPD, UIPD, and the County Sheriff police agencies use MDICE TRS TG 22503 while ISP D10 troopers use Starcom21 TG 13020. Fire operations are on MDICE TRS TG 22502. EMS operations are either by Arrow Ambulance on 462.975 (179.9) or Pro Ambulance 462.950 (186.2). Illini EMS uses 451.450 (DCS 131) and occasionally 158.865 (CSQ).

Here are some helpful maps to view while monitoring U of I football games:

Assembly Hall (link):

464.525 (100.0 PL) Assembly Hall main operations
463.350 (DCS506) Assembly Hall security
As of Fall 2007, U of I PD now exclusively uses the MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" for events at the Assembly Hall. They don't use 453.250 at all for Assembly Hall details anymore.

Note: Some of the Assembly Hall details during the 2007-2008 season have been on INCIDENT 4 and some on INCIDENT 1 with no apparent reason why one was used versus the other.

~~453.250 (118.8 PL) METCAD PD Ch 5-EVENTS~~

Huff Hall (link):

No radios are used at volleyball games at Huff Hall although Arrow Ambulance had a unit staged outside. (9/12/07)

Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium (link):

No radios were observed at the 9/14/07 soccer game except for Pro Ambulance had an ambulance at the stadium and they had radios.(9/14/07)

Eichelberger Field (link):

No radios observed in use at the softball game. ILEMS might have been at the game as well as PRO ambulance was there. The Big Ten Network used radios however and those frequencies are listed here.(4/16/08)

Illinois Field (link):

No radios observed in use at the baseball game. (4/22/08)

Ice Arena (link):

453.600 (114.8) Ice Arena repeater
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS repeater
450.925 (CSQ) WPGU 107.1 FM remote broadcast
169.100 (CSQ) WPGU 107.1 FM wireless mic
UIPD has a unit on scene and I believe they monitor PATROL 2 on MDICE

[edit] Parkland College

As of December 17, 2007, Parkland College PD is now using MDICE TRS TG 21505. They no longer use 453.825.

~~453.825 DCS364 Parkland College Police~~
453.575 (151.4) Parkland College Maintenance
453.250 (118.8) Parkland PD can transmit on Champaign PD's ch5 453.250 (7/4/07)

Maps of Parkland College

[edit] Illinois State Police

Champaign-Urbana is located within ISP District 10. Pesotum, IL is the district HQ. Patrol units are X#'s, matching their patrol car's license plate in most cases.

As of 8/9/07, ISP D10 now uses Starcom21 for it's operations

ISP District 10 Starcom21 Trunked System :

Sites

203

D10 Champaign (Champaign) [A]

854.96250

855.16250

866.41250

866.93750*

867.46250*

867.98750

206

D10 Champaign (Pesotum) [A]

860.26250*

860.36250

866.36250

867.41250*

867.93750*

Talkgroups

DEC	HEX	Mode	Display	Description
13007	32cf	D	D10 Disp A	ISP District 10 - Dispatch A -- Champaign-Urbana
13008	32d0	D	D10 Disp B	ISP District 10 - Dispatch B -- Rest of District
13020	32dc	D	D10 Detail A	ISP District 10 - Detail A
13021	32dd	D	D10 Detail B	ISP District 10 - Detail B
13029	32e5	D	D10 IREACH*P	ISP District 10 - I-REACH Patch
13035	32eb	D	D10 ISPERN*P	ISP District 10 - ISPERN Patch
13041	32f1	D	D10 Local*P	ISP District 10 - Local Patch
13047	32f7	D	D10 Car2Car	ISP District 10 - Car To Car
13053	32fd	E	D10 DCI Ops	ISP District 10 - Department of Criminal Investigations

Statewide ISP frequencies formerly used around Champaign-Urbana.
With the exception of IREACH and ISPERN, these will likely not be used often anymore. They're still included for reference and historical purposes.

155.475 HF-1 ISPERN - Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network {base transmits 67.0 PL}
155.055 HF-3 I-REACH -- Statewide Interagency Mutual Aid
155.460 HF-4 Rarely used in Champaign-Urbana, except it is used at U of I football games
42.500 LF-2 Statewide car-car (ex. radar details)
154.905 ISP DCI HF-2 Rarely used in District 10 (mobiles tx PL 110.9 while base tx CSQ)
155.505 ISP Mobile Extenders

ISP District 10 Pesotum Conventional Frequencies:
The old conventional frequencies that were used for decades up to 8/9/07. These may still occasionally be active, so don’t remove them from your scanner just yet.

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
155.47500		KSA464	B	67.0 PL	ISPERN 67.0	Nationwide Law Enforcement Emergency [HF-1] (high power, now 67.0 PL 6/07)	FM
154.69500		KSA464	BM		ISP D10 HF-2	DCI - "5 Ida" / "X-Ray Ida" units (Desoto Dispatch)	FM
154.69500		WNPF632	B	CSQ	ISP D10 HF-2	District 10 - Posotum: Dispatch (@ Hidden Springs State Forest - @ Strasburg-Shelby Co) (no 67.0 PL as of 7/07)	FM
154.69500			B	CSQ	ISP D10 HF-2	District 10 - Posotum: Dispatch (@ Danville)	FM
154.69500		WQDZ366	B	CSQ	ISP D10 HF-2	District 10 - Posotum: Dispatch (@ Hidden Springs State Forest-Strasburg)	FM
154.69500		KSA464	BM	CSQ	ISP D10 HF-2	District 10 - Posotum: Dispatch: Champaign/Urbana area (Mobiles are 110.9 PL) (no 67.0 PL as of 7/07)	FM
154.90500			BM		ISP DCI HF-2	DCI -	FM
154.95000			M	CSQ	ISP DCI 495	DCI (heard 25P7 9/07)	FM
155.46000			BM		ISP S/W HF-4	Secondary Dispatch / DCI Aircraft surveillence	FM
154.66500		KSA464	B			District 10 - Posotum (Reported in use)	FM
460.50000	465.50000	WPNPU300	RM			U of I Security (@ Urbana)	FM
866.01250	821.01250	WQHS403	RM	156.7 PL	ICALL	NPSPAC (@ 611 S Chestnut; Pesotum-Champaign)	FMN
866.51250	821.51250	WQHS403	RM	156.7 PL	ITAC1	NPSPAC (@ 611 S Chestnut; Pesotum-Champaign)	FMN
867.01250	822.01250	WQHS403	RM	156.7 PL	ITAC2	NPSPAC (@ 611 S Chestnut; Pesotum-Champaign)	FMN
867.51250	822.51250	WQHS403	RM	156.7 PL	ITAC3	NPSPAC (@ 611 S Chestnut; Pesotum-Champaign)	FMN
868.01250	823.01250	WQHS403	RM	156.7 PL	ITAC4	NPSPAC (@ 611 S Chestnut; Pesotum-Champaign)	FMN

[edit] Snow Plow Frequencies

City, State, and County Highway Departments
453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works
47.340 (110.9) State IDOT - Champaign
47.140 (110.9) State IDOT - Leverett
155.040 (131.8) County Highway Department
453.650 (118.8) U of I Facilities Services
Champaign TRS TG 16 Public Works

Township Highway Departments

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	CH	Description	Mode
159.01500		KD43761	M	CSQ	C-U TS Roads	Champaign Township Road District	FM
159.01500		KB31731	M	CSQ	C-U TS Roads	Urbana Township Road District	FM
151.05500		KIL250	BM		Pesotum TS	Pesotum Township Road District	FM
156.12000		WPWE967	BM		OgdnTS Road	Ogden Township Road Maintenance	FM
159.07500		WPXB677	BM		Newcomb TS	Newcomb Township Road District (Highway/Snow Plows)	FM
159.12000	153.90500	WPWM787	RM	131.8 PL	EBndTS Roads	East Bend Road District (was 156.12 out)	FM
159.16500		WNHP851	BM	103.5 PL	HnslyTS Road	Hensley Township Road District	FM

Related Info

City of Champaign Primary Snow Route Map
Tatman's Towing uses TG 34064, site 019 on the ClearTalk TRS
CUMTD 453.775 (131.8) would be a good source for road conditions. If school is in session, also consider the school bus frequencies on this page.

[edit] Events

[edit] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games

For sporting events, concerts, etc. at Memorial Stadium or Assembly Hall, see above.

Frequencies used for the 2005 NCAA Final Four semi-final and championship games crowd-control on Green St.

453.250 (118.8) METCAD Channel 5 (command post and detailed units) **BEST FREQUENCY**
155.040 (131.8) County ESDA/Highway (ESDA command post to METCAD)
155.655 (107.2) Urbana PD Tac Channel
155.460 CSQ ISP HF4 - state units at the detail
42.500 CSQ ISP Car-Car low band (units arriving at the detail)
ISP Dist 10 VHF High Dispatch 154.695 (mobiles 110.9 PL arriving at detail)

[edit] IHSA Football - Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

I've always been out of town during IHSA weekend. Here are the ones that I'd monitor if I were going:

MDICE TRS TG 22503 'INCIDENT 4'
451.3500 (071 DPL) Memorial Stadium
452.6250 (043 DPL) Memorial Stadium
452.2250 (115 DPL) Memorial Stadium
453.6000 (85.4 PL) Football game parking
453.7500 (123.0) U of I Parking Services
464.6000 (532 DPL) Memorial Stadium
464.6250 (031 DPL) Memorial Stadium
464.6500 (047 DPL ) Memorial Stadium
451.4500 (131 DPL) Illini Emergency Medical Services
155.3400 (186.2 or 210.7) MERCI (ambulance<>hospital)
467.9750 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance (repeater input)
467.9500 (186.2) PRO Ambulance (repeater input)

[edit] Illinois Marathon

April 11, 2009 in Champaign-Urbana

Possible frequencies/systems:

MDICE TRS TG 22503 'INCIDENT 4' (search for other talkgroups too)
MDICE TRS TG 22705 or 453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works
462.950 (186.2) Pro Ambulance
461.600 (DCS464) Pro Ambulance
462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance
City of Champaign Public Works TRS (if this system

Champaign-Urbana

Contents

[edit] SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

[edit] Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference

[edit] MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

[edit] Implementation Timeline

[edit] System Frequencies and Talkgroups

[edit] Champaign PD

[edit] Champaign Fire

[edit] Urbana PD

[edit] Urbana Fire

[edit] Champaign-Urbana Fire Tone-Outs for Uniden Scanners

[edit] Champaign Fire Tone-Outs

[edit] Urbana Fire Tone-Outs

[edit] Medic 1 and Medic 4 Fire Tone-Outs

[edit] Medical

[edit] Arrow Ambulance

[edit] PRO Ambulance

[edit] Carle Foundation Hospital

[edit] Provena Covenant Hospital

[edit] U of I - Illini Emergency Medical Service

[edit] Champaign County Sheriff's Department

[edit] Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)

[edit] University of Illinois

[edit] U of I Police and Fire

[edit] University of Illinois - Athletics

[edit] Parkland College

[edit] Illinois State Police

[edit] Snow Plow Frequencies

[edit] Events

[edit] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games

[edit] IHSA Football - Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

[edit] Illinois Marathon