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SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

METCAD Public Safety agencies will be migrating from VHF/UHF to a state-of-the-art Motorola ASTRO TRS simulcast system in mid-2007. For more information about this system:

Frequencies:

SiteNameFreqs    
001 (1) Primary939.887500 939.900000 939.912500 939.925000 939.937500


Champaign PD

Dispatched by METCAD.

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


Champaign Fire

Dispatched by METCAD.

  • Units: 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 resurve engines 112,113. We have ladder trucks 111,114 and resurve ladder 115. We have rescue 18 and resurve rescue 118.

Listen live to Champaign Fire and EMS streaming audio:

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


'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000002-QINU`"'

Urbana PD

Dispatched by METCAD on 453.900 (118.8)

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

{also on this channel are U of I PD (100s/200s), County Sheriff (500s) and Rural PDs (6Letter#'s)}.
Alternate/car-car is on 453.975 (118.8) or talkaround on 453.900 (118.8). Tactical ops are on 155.655 (107.2).


'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000003-QINU`"'

Urbana Fire

Dispatched by METCAD.

  • Units: 20s and 200s

Listen live to Champaign area Fire and EMS streaming audio.

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

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000004-QINU`"'


Champaign-Urbana Fire Tone-Outs for Uniden Scanners

Champaign Fire Tone-Outs

Frequency Tone A Tone B Station
154.070 1153.4 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 1
154.070 1185.2 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 2
154.070 1217.8 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 3
154.070 1251.4 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 4
154.070 1285.8 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 5
154.070 1321.2 1395.0 Champaign FD Station 6

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)

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

Champaign County Sheriff's Department

Dispatched by METCAD.

  • Units: 500s are Sheriff's Department Deputies. Also on the same channel 453.150/453.900 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 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 453.250 (118.8).

Champaign County Police beats

Frequency  Input   
License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
453.30000  458.30000   WRFB829   RM    Chmp Shrf Jails Sheriff: Jail (Satellite R; downtown M)  DMR  Corrections 
453.72500      KUD283   M  118.8 PL  Chmp JuvDntn Juvenile Detention Center [Expired 2015]  FMN  Corrections 
453.30000  458.30000   WRFB829   RM    ChmpShrf Jail B Sheriff: Jail (SL1/2) (2002)  DMR  Corrections 
453.51250  458.51250   WRFB829   RM    ChmpShrf Jail C Sheriff: Jail (Simulcast w/ 453.3? in use)  DMR  Corrections 


Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)

The main frequency to monitor when storms approach is the 155.040 (131.8) repeater. Also worth monitoring is the Champaign County ARES spotter channel 444.100 (162.2). Since both of these frequencies are used for other purposes during regular weather, it is best to lock them out in your scanner until the weather turns severe. 155.115 (131.8) is used solely for EMA purposes.

Countywide

  • 155.040 (131.8) County Weather Spotters [repeater]
  • 155.115 (131.8) County EMA fixed point-to-point 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
  • 158.805 (127.3) Savoy ESDA [likely a repeater]
  • 158.820 (186.2) Thomasboro ESDA



Supplemental Information from Radioreference.com's Database:

Champaign County EMA

Frequency  Input   
License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
154.07000  156.01500   KNNK417   RM  131.8 PL  Champ WxSirens Tornado Sirens - DTMF activation  FMN  Data 
45.56000        BM  103.5 PL  Champ ESDA45 ESDA: Local Net (210.7 PL State?)  FM  Emergency Ops 


Champaign County SKYWARN '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000007-QINU`"'

University of Illinois

U of I Police and Fire

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 453.250 (118.8) while working at the event.


University of Illinois - Athletics

University of Illinois Athletics frequencies:

Frequency  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
464.82500  M  411 DPL  UIMS LuxFood Memorial Stadium: Luxury Suites - Food Service [Ch 13] (still in
use 2013) 		 FMN  Schools 
464.37500  M  072 DPL  UIMS LuxMntc Memorial: Luxury Suites - Maintenance [Ch 12?] (still in use
2013) 		 FMN  Schools 


For detailed information about scanning U of I football games, see this forum thread
-For public safety at Memorial Stadium, METCAD police agencies use 453.250 (118.8) while ISP D10 troopers use HF-4 155.460 (CSQ) in simplex mode. Fire operations are on 154.265. EMS operations are either by Arrow Ambulance on 462.975 (179.9) or Pro Ambulance (186.2). Illini EMS uses 451.450 (DCS 131).


During events at the University of IL Assembly Hall:

  • 464.525 (100.0 PL) Assembly Hall main operations
  • 463.350 (DCS506) Assembly Hall security
  • 453.250 (118.8 PL) METCAD PD Ch 5-EVENTS


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.

Statewide ISP frequencies commonly used around Champaign-Urbana.

  • 155.475 HF-1 ISPERN - Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network
  • 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
  • 155.505 ISP Mobile Extenders

ISP District 10 Pesotum Conventional Frequencies:

Frequency  License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
154.69500  KSA464   B  251 DPL  ISP D10 HFB2 Dispatch: Champaign/Urbana area (no 67.0 PL as of 9/10)  FMN  Law Dispatch 
764.46875  WPTZ798   M  165 DPL  ISP D10 MX-O Vehicular Repeater/Mobile Extender - Out (to SC21)  FMN  Law Dispatch 
794.46875  WPTZ798   M  423 DPL  ISP D10 MX-I Vehicular Repeater/Mobile Extender - In (to SC21)  FMN  Law Dispatch 


ISP District 10 Starcom21 Trunked System (future use):
 (ISP District currently uses the conventional frequencies listed above. Below are believed to be the Starcom21 Motorola P25 TRS talkgroups that will be used when ISP District 10 leaves their conventional frequencies.)

Sites

SiteNameFreqs

SiteNameFreqs       
001 (1) Primary855.337500a 855.937500a 856.787500 856.912500 857.912500 858.787500 858.912500 859.787500c
    859.912500c 860.787500c 860.912500c          

Talkgroups

Description

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  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
159.01500      KD43761   M  CSQ  Chmpgn TwpRoads Champaign Township Road District  FMN  Public Works 
159.12000  153.90500   WPWM787   RM  131.8 PL  EBend Twp Roads East Bend Road District (Dewey)  FMN  Public Works 
159.16500      WNHP851   BM  103.5 PL  HensleyTwp Roads Hensley Township Road District [Expired 12/21]  FMN  Public Works 
159.07500      WPXB677   BM    NewcombTwpRoads Newcomb Township Road District (Highway/Snow Plows)  FMN  Public Works 
151.05500      KIL250   BM    PesotumTwpRoads Pesotum Township Road District [Expired 6/05]  FMN  Public Works 
159.01500      KB31731   M  CSQ  Urbana Twp Roads Urbana Township Road District  FMN  Public Works 
151.07000  159.04500   WPWE967   RM  244 DPL  Ogdrn Twp Roads Ogden Township Road Maintenance   FMN  Public Works 
156.12000      WQPA546   BM  123.0 PL  SadorusTwpRoads Sadorus Township Road Maintenance [Expired 3/22]  FMN  Public Works 
151.03250  155.99250   WQRC999   RM  162.2 PL  Tolono Twp Roads Tolono Township: Roads [Expired 4/23]  FMN  Public Works 
453.33750  458.33750   WQVH393   RM  464 DPL  Comprms TwpRoads Compromise Township: Road District  FMN  Public Works 


Events

University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games

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

Fourth of July Fireworks

PD used 453.250 (118.8) repeater

Unofficial St. Patrick's Day - U of I

Each year around the first weekend of March, many U of I students celebrate a day long drinking holiday called "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day". There are surprisingly few interesting scanner calls on this day (mostly overconsumption medical calls and 10-38's), but here is what was active this past Friday:

Unofficial St Patrick's Day 2007
Champaign PD used 453.400 (campustown bars and off-campus parties)
U of I PD was on 453.250 during the day, but at 4:30pm they switched back to 453.900 (campus area calls)
Champaign/Urbana Fire (and medical paging) 154.070
Urbana PD used 453.900 (very little "Unofficial" related activity compared to 453.400 or 453.250 - I locked out 453.900 until U of I switched back to this channel)

Try also:
155.340 MERCI
462.975 Arrow Ambulance
462.950 Pro Ambulance

Champaign Christmas Parade

Champaign PD used 453.250 (118.8) for the 2006 Christmas Parade while the Champaign Parks and Rec used TG 4016 on the Champaign TRS

Champaign County Fair

Sheriff's Dept uses 453.250 (118.8). If the deputy needs to contact METCAD, they do it over the 453.150 repeater (so also monitor 458.150 (118.8) while at the fair).

Staff at the fair used FRS frequencies in 2006:

  • 462.5625 (67.0) gate ops
  • 462.6125 (250.3) tractor pull

The fairgrounds is unincorporated, so monitor the following for fire department activity (Eastern Prairie FPD):

  • 154.250 (131.8) County Rural Fire
  • 154.265 (CSQ) MABAS IFERN
  • 153.830 (CSQ) MABAS Fireground red

Sweetcorn Festival - Urbana, IL

Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:

  • 453.250 (118.8) Urbana PD
  • 453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works

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