Businesses, Media, Attractions and Recreation McHenry County (IL)

Attractions and Recreation

Illinois Railway Museum, Inc. (Union)

• This is the largest railroad museum in the US.

160.27500  WNZW465  BM ILRR Museum1  Main Dispatch [F-1]    
154.51500  KNAR920  BM ILRR Museum2  unknown use (mid-power, portables) [F-2]   
151.68500  WPDX202  BM ILRR Museum3  unknown use [F-3]  
151.95500  WPDX202  BM ILRR Museum4  unknown use [F-4]    
154.54000  KNAR920  BM ILRR Museum5  unknown use (mid-power) [F-5]   

Golf Courses/Country Clubs

Ford Fox Hill Golf Course (Cary)

• WQPQ749 462.2125, 462.3625, 467.3625, 467.4357 (11K Digital Water Sprinklers)

Marengo Ridge Golf Club (Marengo)

• 9/12 App 0005365506 Mobiles on 457.5250, 456.8875, 452.5625, 466.6125 (11K)

Miscellaneous

Raue Center for the Arts (Crystal Lake)

• Webite
• WQPJ882 Mobiles on 456.3125, 456.3375, 456.5375, 456.6125, 456.7375 (11K)

Businesses

Communications Companies

Motorola (Harvard)

461.27500  466.27500   WPKG967  RM Motorola 1  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)    
461.60000  466.60000   WPKG967  RM Motorola 2  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)    
461.72500  466.72500   WPKG967  RM Motorola 3  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)    
463.35000  468.35000   WPKG967  RM Motorola 4  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)   
463.85000  468.85000   WPKG967  RM Motorola 5  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)   
463.95000  468.95000   WPKG967  RM Motorola 6  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)    
464.07500  469.07500   WPKG967  RM Motorola 7  Motorola, Inc (Harvard)   

461.55000  466.55000   WPFA915  RM TriStar Comm  Tri-Star Communications (Harvard)
462.17500  464.17500   WPPC435  RM  Tri-County Communications (Antioch)  

Miscellaneous

Harvest Bible Chapel (Crystal Lake)

• WRNZ900 451.4125, 451.4875, 456.4125, 456.4875, 457.7625 portables (NFM)

Sun City Retirement Community (Huntley)

• WPMQ947 452.7250 repeater; 457.5500, 457.5750, 457.6000 mobiles - golf course ops?

Hearthstone Manor - Assisted Living (Woodstock)

• WZH929 158.4600 base/mobile; 456.6125, 457.1625, 452.7625 portables (NFM)

Retail

Munson Ski & Marine (McHenry)

• WRQE371 462.1375 repeater (NFM/DMR)

RISE Marijuana Dispensary (Lake In The Hills)

• WROX401 451.2875, 451.5875, 452.5125, 456.2875, 456.5875 portables (DMR/NFM)

Agricultural

• Freise Farms (Marengo) KNAP876 154.625 base/mobiles
• Geils Farms (Harvard) WQPB286 451.2125 repeater (NFM)
• Lalor Farms (Hebron) WQQZ200 151.985 base/mobile (NFM)
• Sass Farms (Woodstock) WNXZ643 463.675 repeater (NFM)

Utilities

EDF Renewables Services, Inc. - wind farm (McHenry)

• WRFV227 452.400 repeater; 452.350, 457.350, 461.325, 461.775, 466.325 portables (DMR)

Nicor Gas

• KVM431 451.200, 461.875 repeaters - Crystal Lake

Manufacturing / Industrial

Charter Dura-Bar, Inc. (Woodstock)

• WQZT957 464.6375 repeater (NFM, DMR)

Cardinal Health Inc. (Woodstock)

• WQGW357 462.1625, 463.4625, 464.4125 repeaters

Huntsman (Ringwood, chemical plant)

• WQNT877 452.8875 repeater; 464.500, 464.575, 467.925, 469.125, 469.550 portables (NFM, DMR)

Scot Forge (Spring Grove)

• WQIZ213 152.8925, 152.9525, 152.9825, 153.0125 repeaters; 152.2775, 157.5375, 159.7125, 159.8625, 159.9375, 160.0275 portables/inputs (NFM, DMR)

Construction Companies

Gavers Asphalt (Woodstock) paving and excavating

• KVM517 451.975 repeater (NFM) expired 2015

Transportation

Railroads

Union Pacific

• Runs 2 lines in McHenry County. From Barrington thru Harvard the Harvard Sub runs Metra and freight along NW Highway (US-14). From Elgin thru Huntley and Marengo is the Belvidere Sub.
• 160.8900 UP-1 Belvidere Sub
• 160.4550 UP-2 Maintenance of Way
• 161.0400 UP-3 Harvard Sub
• 161.1750 UP-4 Yard operations

Wisconsin Southern

• (WSOR) runs the former Milwaukee Road track from Fox Lake NW to Janesville WI
• 160.7700 CP-4 Road on the Metra owned tracks

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