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Winnebago County

Winnebago County 911/ETSB

  • 458.9875 KD52701 F Rockford Fire (Digital) [Expired 1/15] Telm Deprecated 5/27/24
  • 465.000 WQFS761 B Winnebago EMS*D EMS: Paging (Digital) [Expired 9/16] Telm Deprecated 5/27/24

Winnebago County Fire/EMS

* Common Radio Frequency Allocation Template:

  • FIRE 1 - Rockford City (151.175 Repeater D074)
  • FIRE 2 - Rockford City (155.730 Simplex D073)
  • FIRE 3 - Rockford Rural/Suburban Depts (secondary) (154.235 CSQ on Base 210.7 on Mobile)
  • FIRE 4 - Rockford Rural/ Suburban Depts (primary) (154.190 CSQ on Base 210.7 on Mobile)

Winnebago County Sheriff WEB

  • 769.28125, 769.53125, 769.78125, 770.53125, 771.03125 trunked P25 repeaters (tower at Rockton Township Highway Department Garage, Rockton). This will be a site in the STARCOM21 system. (7/2019) WRDQ517
  • Sheriff - 154.755, 155.755 repeaters WROM487 (7/23)
  • County Juvenile Detention Center: 453.6625 repeater (NFM) WSFL205 (5350 Northrock Drive, Rockford)
  • 2740.0 F Sheriff: Bomb Unit (Remote Control Robot Bomb Disposal) WQEY410
  • Sheriff now licensed for 155.565R (was Rockford PD W Control 3) WQJ478 [Expired]
  • 436.0 for Recon Scout (Bomb Robot) WQSJ342

Former Use

  • 453.800 458.800 WQHS560 RM Sheriff: Operations [Expired 10/17] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 453.7875 458.7875 WQHS560 RM Sheriff: Operations [Expired 10/17] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 460.150 465.150 WNMJ347 RM Sheriff: Tac Teams [Expired 8/23] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 460.300 465.300 WNMJ347 RM Sheriff: Corrections [Expired 8/23] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 156.210 WNYM597 M Juvenile Detention Center [Expired 12/21] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 151.505 WPSJ909 M Explorer Program [Expired 5/11] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 158.400 WPSJ909 M Explorer Program [Expired 5/11] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 460.175 465.175 WQLW857 M Bomb Disposal Robot [Expired 5/20] Telm Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 154.115 WPJG808 M Courthouse Operations [Expired 6/21] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24
  • 453.1125 458.1125 KD24968 RM Courthouse Operations [Expired 3/23] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24

Winnebago County Government

  • 465.0 Base/Pagers River Bluff Nursing Home: Paging (Rockford) WQFS761

ESDA / Amateur Radio

Skywarn: 147.195
Rockford Amateur Radio Association: 146.61 Repeater

RockCom Dispatch

RockCom (located at Javon Bea Hospital) provides 24- hour, 7-day-per-week dispatching services for the Durand Fire Department, Shirland Fire Department, Metro Ambulance, Pecatonica Fire Department, Win-Bur-Sew Fire Department, North Park Fire Department, Loves Park Fire Department, Rockton Fire Department, and South Beloit Fire Department. RockCom has been dispatching EMS agencies in the county for more than 30 years (in 2021).

EMS Agencies

ATS Medical (Rockford)

  • 155.34 M MERCI-1 First Responder for regional trauma center WQDC352

FHN Memorial Hospital (Freeport)

Lifeline Ambulance (Rockford)

  • licensed to St. Anthony Medical Center KNNN798

Mercy Ambulance Service (Rockford)

  • 155.34 Mobiles MERCI1 Ambulance-to-Hospital Comms WQJI784

Metro Medical Services, Inc (Ambulance, Medicar)

  • 463.525 repeater - Metro Ambulance WNHJ244
  • 152.3 (repeats 157.56) and 152.345 mobiles (NFM) WPZI277
  • 155.22, 155.34 and all UHF MED Channels (mobiles) WNSA631

Hospitals and Healthcare

Municipalities and Districts

  • Durand Township Highway: 153.8225 20-50wt Mobiles (NFM) WQSI569
  • Rockton Township Highway: 151.01 Base/Mobile (NFM) WQPM299
  • Seward Township Road Maintenance: 156.105 KGG615 BM [Expired 1/14] FMN Deprecated 5/7/04

Greater Rockford Airport Authority

Blackhawk

Blackhawk Fire Protection District 159.10500

Cherry Valley (Village)

Cherry Valley Fire Protection District 154.220

Harlem-Roscoe

Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District

  • 453.6125 18W Base/Mobile (NFM) at Harlem Roscoe Fire Building in Roscoe WQYY534
  • 453.5250 18W Base/Mobile (NFM) at Norman Ave in Machesney Park WQYY534
  • 453.1500 18W Base/Mobile (NFM) at Harambe High School in Machesney Park WQYY534

Hillcrest (Village)

  • 956.25625 SENSUS Water Data 12K (at New Milford) WQPP748

Lake Summerset Association

  • Police by Winnebago County Sheriff; Fire by Durand FPD

Loves Park

  • Police dispatched on Sheriff C2 155.19 156.7 PL (now P25 Encrypted)
  • Loves Park Fire uses 154.43

Machesney Park

Public Works Department

  • 159.555, 159.660, 160.140 25-50W mobiles (NFM, DMR) WRYW800

New Milford

  • Police by Winnebago County Sheriff

New Milford Fire Protection District

North Park

North Park Public Water District

  • 952.01875 8K85A1D / 2K00A2D (at Machesney Park) WPUX891

North Park Fire Protection District Remote Receive/Transmit Links (RF)

  • Main Repeater - link os 460.5875 Rec.in and 465.5875 out. Located at the water tower in Loves park.
  • Backup Repeater - link is 460.625 in and 465.625 out and is located at NPFD 600 wood Ave. Machesney.
  • Both Repeaters Receive 154.325 and retransmit on either repeater output

(465.5875 or 465.625) to St Anthony hospital in Rockford IL and is controlled by St Anthony's.

So at all times .."MedCom" at St Anthony's can hear 154.325 on either tower sight by listening to 465.5875 or 465.625 and respond using 460.5875 or 460.625 to output 154.325.

Dispatch is located a few miles away from the fire district therefore.. A UHF link is needed for dispatch. They have 2 Receive sights for redundancy.

Northwest Fire Protection District

  • Serves an unincorporated area around Rockford

Pecatonica (City)

  • Police patrol by Winnebago County Sheriff

Pecatonica Fire Protection District

  • Dispatch by RockCom at MercyHealth - Rockford

Rockford (City)

Rockford Police Department

  • Looking to upgrade to using Starcom21 radios News Article
  • 8/10/09 - Rockford PD will be switching to Starcom21 digital radios this week More Info

Police, still licensed, in use?

  • 154.830 KNBG360 M Police: Tactical FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 155.595 KNBG360 BM Police: Local Alternate FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 155.610 KNBG360 M Police: Tactical FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 156.075 KNBG360 M Police: Tactical FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 158.865 KNBG360 M Police: Tactical FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24

Former Frequencies

  • 151.17500 155.85000 KNBG360 RM 156.7 PL Rkfd PoliceE Police: East - Old
  • 155.56500 156.04500 WQJ478 RM 210.7 PL Rkfd PD Old Police: East Old (Control 4)
  • 155.73000 158.91000 KNBG361 RM 156.7 PL Rkfd PD CW Police: Citywide/Traffic (Control 5) - Old
  • 155.85000 KNBG360 M 156.7 PL Rkfd PD C2C Police: Car-to-Car (Control 8) - Old
  • 156.15000 WQJ478 RM 156.7 PL Rkfd PD S/T Police: Surveillance/Tactical (Control 7) - Old
  • 154.57000 WNXZ599 M 85.4 PL Rockford Public Library: Operations [Expired 12/11]
  • 453.05000 458.05000 KNEU786 RM Rockford HsAuth Housing Authority [Expired 2/14]
  • 453.22500 KNAR517 M Rockford Metro Centre Authority [Expired 1/12]
  • 453.52500 KNAR517 BM 203.5 PL Rockford Metro Centre Authority [Expired 1/12]
  • 458.52500 KNAR517 M Rockford Metro Centre Authority [Expired 1/12]

Rockford Fire Department

  • Dec. 2009 - Rockford Fire reportedly using Rockford PD's old 151.175 and 155.850
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  • FIRE 1 - Rockford City (151.175 Repeater D074)
  • FIRE 2 - Rockford City (155.73 Simplex D073)
  • FIRE 3 - Rockford Rural/Suburban Depts (secondary) (154.235 CSQ on Base 210.7 on Mobile)
  • FIRE 4 - Rockford Rural/ Suburban Depts (primary) (154.190 CSQ on Base 210.7 on Mobile)

Fire, still licensed, in use?

  • 465.5875 WNJL926 M Fire (1528 18th Ave) FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 465.6125 WNJL926 M Fire (329 W State) FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 465.6375 WNJL926 M Fire (2323 Sawyer Rd) FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 462.9375 467.9375 KD27397 M Fire [Expired 5/23] FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24
  • 155.355 WSI983 BM Fire: Ambulances ? FMN Deprecated from DB 5/7/24

`---- Rockford Public Works

  • 160.155 Base/Mobile, Mobiles on 159.57 and 159.66 (NFM) WQCE412

Rock River Water Reclamation District

  • 158.835 Repeater with 153.74 in 146.2 PL Rock River Water Reclamation District (Rockford) FMN KUV552
  • added 156.1125 Repeater with 155.9025 input (NFM, DMR) KUV552

Rockford Park District

  • Mobiles on 457.5625, 461.4125, 461.5125, 466.7375, 461.8125 (20-2wt NFM Voice/Data) for Public Golf Course WQRY275
  • 151.4675 repeater with 155.9775 (NFM) for Parks and Recreation Education Center WQPW850
  • Mobiles on 467.4375, 466.4125, 461.4625, 466.5375, 461.6875 (NFM Voice/Data) WQQR724

Davis Park at Founders Landing is a seven-acre outdoor venue along the Rock River that is owned by the City of Rockford and is maintained by the Rockford Park District, operated by Centre Events

Metro Enforcement

  • They contract with Rockford Police and have full Police powers of arrest at City housing projects, events, malls and various property management contracts. They carry firearms. Fleet of marked and unmarked Ford CVPIs.

Their PRIMARY DISPATCH/Freqs in Rockford are as follows: (Vertex Standard VX-829 UHF Portables)

  • 461.6750 (466.6750 Input) DPL464 NFM Metro Enforcement Dispatch F1(Portables) WQJA499
  • 461.6750 (Simplex) DPL464 NFM Metro Enforcement T/A F2 (Portables) WQJA499
  • 153.2075 (158.4375 Input) PL179.9 NFM Metro Enforcement VHF F1 (Car 2 Car - Mobiles) WQUE226

Interestingly enough, the callsign, WQJA499, cancelled in 2018, only licenses this freq for Chicago (they run a 662DPL on the same pair in Chicago) - however they use it out here in Rockford, too - just with a different PL. Interesting ???? Confirmed as of 6/30/15.

Rockton

  • Police: 159.1725 Repeater with 156.09 (DMR) WQPK658
  • Police uses 5-(letter)-(number) radio IDs.

Rockton Fire Protection District

  • 154.8525----
  • 453.94375 458.94375 WPQA944 M Water Digital Data [Expired 5/15] Telm Deprecated 5/7/24

Roscoe (Village)

  • 155.0925 Base/Mobile (NFM) for Village Maintenance, Streets, Snow Removal WQOY887

South Beloit

  • Fire may use 154.31 118.8 PL to communicate with Rock County Fire (Wisconsin)
  • 156.225 WPCN652 BM Street Department [Expired 6/13] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24

West Suburban Fire Protection District

  • Serves an unincorporated area around Rockford

154.190

Win-Bur-Sew Fire Protection District

  • Serves Winnebago, Burritt and Seward Townships

Schools

  • 151.925 Luther Academy at Gloria Dei FMN WPKL437 [Cancelled 3/02]
  • Sunrise Inc - Transportation of Special Needs Children: 461.75 Repeater (Rockford) WQB761
  • Shirland CSD 134: 151.745 Mobiles for Maintenance/Admin WQBI234 [Cancelled 10/14] FMN Deprecated 5/7/24

Harlem Board of Education

  • 462.175, 462.2, 463.2 mobiles - Harlem/Machesney Park/Loves Park (NFM) WQES894
  • 463.975 Repeater at Harlem Middle School (at Loves Park) added 2017 WQGS437
  • 460.85 repeater - Machesney Park (NFM) WPKW736

Hononegah High School District 207

  • 154.515 Base/Mobile, 152.42 Repeater with 157.68 input; 29-5wt mobiles on 151.775, 151.715, at High School in Rockton (NFM) WPVU763
  • 5/23 - add 152.33 Repeater with 157.59 input; add 152.465 Repeater with 157.725 (DMR) WPVU763

Lena Winslow CUSD 202 WEB

Loves Park Schools

Harlem Middle School (District 122) WEB

  • 725 Windsor Rd: 463.3875 45W Repeater with 40-4W portables (DMR) WSED607 Issued 8/26

Pecatonica School District 321 WEB

  • 451.6 Repeater (NFM) WQQP278
  • 451.35 Pecatonica CUD [Cancelled 8/11] WPPZ423

Rockford Schools WEB

Rockford Board of Education

  • 154.515 Repeater with 160.125 input, 159.81 Mobiles (NFM at Eisenhower Middle School) [1]

Rockford Area Board of Catholic Education

  • for several schools for Security/Maintenance - 467.875 65-2W mobiles (NFM) WQVE232

Legacy Academy (Rockford Private School)

  • 151.745 Mobiles (DMR at Winnebago) WQNC392

Colleges

Rock Valley College (Rockford)

  • 3301 N. Mulford Rd - 461.4375, 461.65, 463.4 Repeater (NFM/DMR) WPXV861 for all
  • 100-portables on 461.5375/466.5375, 463.625/468.625, 464.175/469.175
  • 4151 Samuelson Rd - 464.175 Repeater
  • 6045 Cessna Dr - 451.65 Repeater
  • 3350 N. Bell School Rd - 463.625 Repeater
  • 3301 N Mulford Rd - 451.65, 464.175 Repeater
  • Portables on 461.7875, 461.9375, 462.1625, 463.2625, 463.3375, 463.5625, 463.6625, 463.7625, 463.9125, 463.9625, 465.775 for Maintenance / Repair / Construction Ops WNPG938

Rockford University

  • 463.8375 - 20-40W voice NFM for Emergency Siren System WQYL350

Airports

Chicago/Rockford International Airport [RFD

  • Formerly the Greater Rockford Airport and The Northwest Chicagoland Regional Airport at Rockford. (Greater Rockford Airport Authority)

Public Safety

  • 9/23 add 154.0925 Repeater/159.165 input (DMR/NFM) to WPKY410

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