Champaign County METCAD MDICE
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| Public Trunked Radio System | |
| Name | Champaign County METCAD MDICE |
| Owner | City of Champaign /METCAD 9-1-1 |
| Owner Type | Public |
| City | Champaign |
| County | Champaign |
| State | Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| System Details | |
| Band | 800 MHz |
| Type | Project 25 Phase I |
| ID | 1DA |
| WACN | BEE00 |
| NAC | ? |
| FCC Callsign(s) | |
| WQLM668 Expired/Cancelled Callsigns WQIP322 | |
| System-specific links | |
| Database | FCC Site Map |
| Forum | RR Site Map |
| Other Resources | |
| Trunktracking FAQ | Trunktracking Glossary |
| Wiki FAQ | MediaWiki |
| QuickRef | PDF Card |
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Welcome to the Champaign County METCAD MDICE collaboration article, a Public Trunked Radio System located in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
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System Notes
- All public safety agencies in Champaign County are using the MDICE system as of September 28, 2008.
- Most Police talkgroups (excepting the UIPD/UPD/Sheriff Dispatch talkgroup, Champaign PD Dispatch, Rantoul PD Dispatch, Parkland PD Dispatch, Courthouse Security and some of the event talkgroups) are 100% encrypted.
Timeline
- Mar 23, 2007 - new 285' tower is erected at METCAD
- Mar 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
- Jun 2007 - Testing continues daily on TG 21002
- Jun 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}
- Sep 24, 2007 - Champaign PD is now using MDICE exclusively with dispatch on PATROL 1 TG 21500. 453.400 is now silent.
- Oct 23, 2007 - 453.150 is no longer simulcasting MDICE. Unsure of exactly when this quit, however, 453.900 still simulcasts Patrol 2 from MDICE.
- Nov 14, 2007 - It's been noted that the 453.900/PATROL 2 simulcast is no longer active. 453.900 is now silent.
- Nov 29, 2007 - TG 21532 "COURT SECURITY" is now being used by the deputies covering the courthouse.
- Dec 17, 2007 - Parkland College PD now uses MDICE TG 21505.
- Jan 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.
- Jan 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
- Aug/Sep 2008 - Testing is ongoing on TG 22006 FIREGROUND 5 with rural fire departments trying out their new radios.
- Aug 31, 2008 - METCAD has updated some of their talkgroup listing at their scanner information page
- Sep 9, 2008 - Rantoul PD moved to MDICE TG 21504.
- Sep 28, 2008 - Rural Fire Departments began using MDICE, all Public Safety agencies across Champaign County are now using MDICE (Source: METCAD)
- Sep 28, 2008 - Rantoul FD is now using MDICE
- Sep 29, 2008 - Urbana Public Works, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22705
- Oct 7, 2008 - Urbana Parking Enforcement Division, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22714
- Oct 15, 2008 - Champaign and Urbana Public Works are scheduled to join MDICE by this date. Urbana PW joined MDICE in October 2008.
- May 8, 2009 - Pro Ambulance using MDICE TG 22018 for its operations
- May 13, 2009 - METCAD was rebanded -15 MHz. Outputs are now 851-854 MHz rather than 866-869 MHz.
- Aug 7, 2009 All Fire Paging for whole county including Champaign and Urbana on 154.250.
- Winter 2009-2010 - Champaign County Highway Department is using MDICE for it's operations.
- July 8, 2014 - Rantoul joins METCAD and is dispatched on PATROL 2 along with the county sheriff and rural PDs. UIPD and Urbana PD move to PATROL 3.
Discussions
- Radioreference Forum CURRENT Thread about the MDICE TRS
- Radioreference Forum OLD Thread about the MDICE TRS
Related Wiki Pages
Live Feeds
- Champaign County Radioreference Live Audio - streaming audio of the public safety talkgroups on MDICE
External Links
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