Businesses, Attractions and Recreation Randolph County (IL)
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Illinois Army National Guard Sparta Training Area
The 2,600-acre training area houses the 661st Engineer Company and the 661st and 662nd Engineer Firefighting teams.
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Agricultural
- Bremer Farms 159.6675 Base/Mobile (NFM at Baldwin) WQLL734
- Guebert Farms 154.54 Base/Mobile (NFM at Red Bud) WNDZ937
- McCormick Farms 151.715 Mobiles (Ellis Grove) WNXB976
- Schaefer Farms 151.655 Base/Mobile (NFM at Ruma) WPLF950
- Vasquez Farms 154.515 Mobiles (NFM at Chester) WQNR705
Industrial / Manufacturing
Dynegy Midwest Generation - Baldwin Energy Complex
- 451.475 Repeater, mobiles on 451.3125, 456.3125, 457.7125, 456.7125, 451.9125, 456.9125, 452.125, 463.5375, 468.5375 WQLI357
- 468.5375, 464.3375, 469.3375, 464.6875, 469.6875, 468.7125, 469.6375, 469.7875, 493.9375 Mobiles for Maintenance/Supervision WQLI356
- 464.55, 469.55, 461.1625, 466.1625, 461.0875, 461.1125 Mobiles for Maintenance/Supervision (Statewide Itinerant) WQLI356
- 463.5375, 463.6875, 468.5375, 468.53750 Mobiles - Illinova-Power Plant) WQEU873
- 451.055, 456.055, 451.125, 456.125 Mobiles fpr Operations WQLI916
G and S Foundry (Red Bud)
- Mobiles on 451.3875, 451.5625, 452.7875, 452.1875, 452.1375, 452.2875 (NFM/DMR) WQQS373
Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation Facebook
- 451.750 Repeater - Food Processing Plant Ops/Mfg (at Steeleville, Chester; McBride, Perryville Perry Co MO) WQFR624 Expired 9/18/16 WPRJ493 Expired 10/13/05
- 461.4125, 461.4125, 461.6625 Repeaters, 125-100wt mobiles on 451.275, 451.4, 451.425, 451.45, 451.5, 456.275, 456.4, 456.425, 456.45, 456.5 - Steeleville WQME440
- Chester-Randolph - Repeaters on 463.2375, 463.8375 (DMR/NFM) WQQC284
- Steeleville-Randolph - Repeaters on 463.9125, 463.4875 (DMR/NFM) WQQC284
- Perryville-Perry - Repeaters on 461.3875, 463.8625 (DMR/NFM) WQQC284
- 40 kmra Mobiles on 461.5375, 463.75625, 468.7625 (DMR/NFM) WQQC284
Miscellaneous
- 466.25, 466.4, 466.575, 468.925, 469.525 mobiles Red Bud Industries: Maintenance/Security WQHC774
- 464.925 BP Red Bud Industries: Paging WPZB986
Retail / Fast Food
- 33.4 M 82.5 PL Dairy Queen: Customer (Steeleville) (CSQ on carrier)
- 154.54 M 88.5 PL Dairy Queen: Order Taker (Steeleville) FM Business
- 464.0125 M Dairy Queen (Sparta) Drive Thru [Expired - more freqs] WPLQ367
Utilities / Service Companies
- Key utility providers include Ameren-IP, Egyptian Electric Co-op, Verizon Communications, Egyptian Telephone Co-op, Harrisonville Telephone Co., Egyptian Water Co. and several municipal operations.
- Continental Waste Industries of Illinois (Chester) 464.15 Repeater WQDZ700
- County Tele Service (Chester) 464.15 Repeater WNLE388 [Expired 1/04]
- Dynergy Midwest Energy Corporation: Power Plant Ops (Baldwin) 452.1875 Mobiles WPXQ645
- Niederbrach Truck Service (Steeleville): Remote Links to 159.81, 453.0 Fixed WGJ808
- Niederbrach Truck Service (Steeleville): Trucking 159.81 BM KNHR987
Miscellaneous
Adorers of the Blood Christ Convent
- 151.805 Base/Mobile ABC Convent Adorers of the Blood Christ Convent (Roma) WNQU670
- 456.325 Mobiles Sparta F/M Sparta Ford Mercury: Sales/Service WPPA603
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies (Red Bud)
- Mobiles on 452.8375, 457.8375 (NFM) WQNR477
Roy Walker Communications""
- 8/23 New site at 214 Opdyke St, Chester, Randolph County Housing Authority. 152.4575 50W Repeater with 157.7175 input (150-50W mobiles, 150-6W portables, 10-50W FX1s) (NFM/DMR)
Attractions and Recreation
World Shooting and Recreational Complex (WSRC) (Sparta)
- Operated by the Illinois and the Department of Natural Resources. The sprawling, 1,700-acre complex boasts 120 trapshooting stations that stretch more than three miles countryside, built on the former site of a strip mine - also includes two sporting-clays courses, a "cowboy action" shooting corral, exhibitor building and nearly 1,000 campsites - most with sewer, electricity and water.
- 120 trap houses stretching 3.5 miles, 2 sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap/skeet fields, and cowboy action shooting.
- WSRC is the home grounds for the Amateur Trapshooting Association’s Grand American Trapshooting Championships
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- Amateur Trapshooting Association (Recreational Complex-Sparta) - 463.4625 Repeater; Mobiles on 468.5875, 468.9625 (NFM) WQQX37