Champaign-Urbana
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Contents
- 1 SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA
- 1.1 Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference
- 1.2 MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT
- 1.3 Champaign PD
- 1.4 Champaign Fire
- 1.5 Urbana PD
- 1.6 Urbana Fire
- 1.7 Champaign-Urbana Fire Tone-Outs for Uniden Scanners
- 1.8 Champaign County Sheriff's Department
- 1.9 Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)
- 1.10 University of Illinois
- 1.11 Parkland College
- 1.12 Illinois State Police
- 1.13 Snow Plow Frequencies
- 1.14 Events
- 1.14.1 University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games
- 1.14.2 Fourth of July Fireworks
- 1.14.3 Unofficial St. Patrick's Day - U of I
- 1.14.4 Champaign Christmas Parade
- 1.14.5 Champaign County Fair
- 1.14.6 Sweetcorn Festival - Urbana, IL
- 1.14.7 Taste of Champaign-Urbana - Champaign, IL
- 1.15 Stores
- 2 Related Links
SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA
Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference
All Champaign County Public Safety Communications are currently on analog, non-trunked systems. This will soon change as both the Illinois State Police and METCAD agencies will be migrating to Motorola digital trunked systems later in 2007.
AGENCY | DISPATCH CHANNEL | MODE | UNIT ID's |
---|---|---|---|
Champaign County Sheriff | 453.150 (118.8) | Analog | 500s |
Champaign County Rural Fire | 154.250 (131.8) | Analog | |
Champaign County Rural PDs | 453.150 (118.8) | Analog | 6-Letter-# |
Champaign Fire | 154.070 (131.8) | Analog | 10s,110s |
Champaign Police | 453.400 (118.8) | Analog | 700s,900s |
Illinois State Police | 154.695 | Analog | X's |
Parkland College Police | 453.825 DCS364 | Analog | |
Rantoul Police | 453.300 (118.8) | Analog | |
University of Illinois Police | 453.900 (118.8) | Analog | 100s,200s |
Urbana Fire | 154.070 (131.8) | Analog | 20s,220s |
******************************************************************** * CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (METCAD) POLICE RADIO IDS * * * * AGENCY RADIO_ID DISP_FREQ ALT_FREQ * * U of I 100s, 200s 453.900 453.250, 453.975 * * Urbana 300s, 400s 453.900 453.975, 155.655 * * Champaign 700s, 900s 453.400 453.250 * * County Sheriff 500s 453.150 453.625, 453.250 * * Fisher 6__5 453.150 453.625 * * Ludlow 6__6 453.150 453.625 * * Gifford 6__7 453.150 453.625 * * Thomasboro 6__8 453.150 453.625 * * Ogden 6__13 453.150 453.625 * * Homer 6__19 453.150 453.625 * * Mahomet 6__22 453.150 453.625 * * Tolono 6__24 453.150 453.625 * * --all 453 MHz PL Tones (118.8)-- * * --453.900/453.150 simulcast-- * ********************************************************************
MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT
NEW: AS OF MAY 23, 2007 THIS SYSTEM IS ON THE AIR FOR TESTING
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:
- METCAD 911 Center's MDICE page
- Radioreference.com MDICE TRS webpage
- Radioreference Forum CURRENT Thread about the MDICE TRS
- Radioreference Forum OLD Thread about the MDICE TRS
Implementation Timeline
- March 23, 2007 - new 285' tower is erected at METCAD
- March 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
- June 2007 - Testing continues daily on TG 21002
- June 18, 2007 - METCAD posts the public safety talkgroup layout on its website
Frequencies:
Site | Name | Freqs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
001 (1) | Primary | 939.887500 | 939.900000 | 939.912500 | 939.925000 | 939.937500 |
Talkgroups:
DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
21001 | 5209 | D | METCAD 1 | Operations 1 [Admin] |
21002 | 520a | D | METCAD 2 | Operations 2 [MET OPS 1] |
21003 | 520b | D | METCAD 3 | Operations 3 |
21004 | 520c | D | METCAD 4 | Operations 4 [Systems] |
21005 | 520d | D | METCAD EOC | County EOC Net |
21006 | 520e | D | 911 Emergency | Systemwide Emergency Comms w/ METCAD [9-1-1] |
21007 | 520f | D | Radio Service | Radio Service Technicians [RADIOSRV] |
21101 | 526d | D | Motorola Techs | Motorola System Technicians [MOTOROLA] |
21200 | 52d0 | D | EMA Admin | Administration [EMA Admin] |
21201 | 52d1 | D | EMA Ops 1 | Operations [EMA Ops 1] |
21202 | 52d2 | D | EMA Ops 2 | Coordination [EMA Ops 2] |
21203 | 52d3 | D | EMA Region 7 | Region 7 Net [EMA RGN7] |
21204 | 52d4 | D | EMA Weather | Weather Spotter Operations [WEATHER] |
21205 | 52d5 | D | EMA PIO | Public Information Officer [EMA PIO] |
21250 | 5302 | D | EMA Ops 6 Wx | Weather Spotter Operations [EMA OPS6] |
21251 | 5303 | D | AN CTRL | Law - Animal Control (no longer in use, see Patrol2) |
21252 | 5304 | D | COURTSRV | Law - Court Services |
21253 | 5305 | D | FEDERAL | Law - Federal Interoperability |
21500 | 53fc | D | PATROL 1 | Law - Patrol 1 (Champaign Police) |
21501 | 53fd | D | PATROL 2 | Law - Patrol 2 (Sheriff, Rantoul Police, Rural Police, Animal Control) |
21502 | 53fe | D | PATROL 3 | Law - Patrol 3 (UPD, UIPD) |
21503 | 53ff | D | PATROL 4 | Law - Patrol 4 (Reserved) |
21504 | 5400 | D | PATROL 5 | Law - Patrol 5 (Reserved) |
21505 | 5401 | D | PATROL 6 | Law - Patrol 6 (Parkland College Police) |
21506 | 5402 | D | PTL OPS1 | Law - Ops 1 (Champaign Police) |
21507 | 5403 | D | PTL OPS2 | Law - Ops 2 (CCSO, Rantoul Police, Rural Police) |
21508 | 5404 | D | PTL OPS3 | Law - Ops 3 (UPD, UIPD) |
21509 | 5405 | D | PTL OPS4 | Law - Ops 4 (Reserved) |
21510 | 5406 | D | PTL OPS5 | Law - Ops 5 (Reserved) |
21511 | 5407 | D | PTL OPS6 | Law - Ops 6 (Parkland College Police) |
21512 | 5408 | D | SP TEAMS1 | Law - Special Teams 1 |
21513 | 5409 | D | SP TEAMS2 | Law - Special Teams 2 |
21514 | 540a | D | SP TEAMS3 | Law - Special Teams 3 |
21515 | 540b | D | SP TEAMS4 | Law - Special Teams 4 |
21516 | 540c | D | SP TEAMS5 | Law - Special Teams 5 |
21517 | 540d | D | SP TEAMS6 | Law - Special Teams 6 |
21518 | 540e | D | LAW OP17 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
21525 | 5415 | D | LAW OP24 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
21526 | 5416 | D | ALL LAW | Law - Countywide Mutual Aid |
21527 | 5417 | D | LAW OP26 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
21528 | 5418 | D | LAW OP27 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
21529 | 5419 | D | Metro 1 SWAT | Law - Metro SWAT [METRO 1] |
21530 | 541a | D | Metro 2 SWAT | Law - Metro SWAT [METRO 2] |
21531 | 541b | D | LAW OP30 | Law - Unidentified Operations |
21532 | 541c | D | COURTSEC | Law - Court Security |
21536 | 5420 | D | LAW INV1 | Law - Investigations 1 |
21537 | 5421 | D | LAW INV2 | Law - Investigations 2 |
21538 | 5422 | D | LAW INV3 | Law - Investigations 3 |
21539 | 5423 | D | LAW INV4 | Law - Investigations 4 |
21540 | 5424 | D | LAW INV5 | Law - Investigations 5 |
21541 | 5425 | D | LAW INV6 | Law - Investigations 6 |
21542 | 5426 | D | InvestigatorsAll | Law - Investigators - All |
22000 | 55f0 | D | FIRE OP1 | Fire - Operations 1 (CFD/UFD Responses) |
22002 | 55f2 | D | FIRE GD1 | Fireground 1 (Working Fires) |
22003 | 55f3 | D | FIRE GD2 | Fireground 2 (Working Fires) |
22004 | 55f4 | D | FIRE GD3 | Fireground 3 (Training) |
22005 | 55f5 | D | FIRE GD4 | Fireground 4 |
22006 | 55f6 | D | FIRE GD5 | Fireground 5 (County Fire Responses) |
22010 | 55fa | D | FIRE HAZ | Fire - Hazmat Operations |
22011 | 55fb | D | FIRE RES | Fire - Technical Rescue Operations |
22012 | 55fc | D | FIREDISP | Fire - Countywide Dispatch |
22013 | 55fd | D | FIRECMD1 | Fire - Command 1 |
22014 | 55fe | D | FIRECMD2 | Fire - Command 2 |
22015 | 55ff | D | EMS MUT AID | EMS - Mutual Aid |
22016 | 5600 | D | ARROW OPS1 | Arrow EMS Ops 1 - Dispatch |
22017 | 5601 | D | ARROW OPS2 | Arrow EMS Ops 2 - Operations |
22018 | 5602 | D | PRO OPS1 | Pro EMS Ops 1 - Dispatch |
22019 | 5603 | D | PRO OPS2 | Pro EMS Ops 2 - Operations |
22020 | 5604 | D | ARROW CMD | Arrow EMS - Command |
22021 | 5605 | D | PRO CMD | Pro EMS - Command |
22500 | 57e4 | D | Incident 1 | Incident 1 [INC 1] |
22501 | 57e5 | D | Incident 2 | Incident 2 [INC 2] |
22502 | 57e6 | D | Incident 3 | Incident 3 [INC 3] |
22503 | 57e7 | D | Incident 4 | Incident 4 [INC 4] |
22504 | 57e8 | D | Incident 5 | Incident 5 [INC 5] |
22505 | 57e9 | D | Incident 6 | Incident 6 [INC 6] |
22506 | 57ea | D | Incident 7 | Incident 7 [INC 7] |
22507 | 57eb | D | Incident 8 | Incident 8 [INC 8] |
22701 | 58ad | D | PW OPS1 | Public Works 1 - Champaign - Ops/Snow Plows |
22702 | 58ae | D | PW OPS2 | Public Works 2 - Champaign - Building Services |
22703 | 58af | D | PW OPS3 | Public Works 3 - Champaign - Engineering |
22704 | 58b0 | D | PW OPS4 | Public Works 4 - Champaign - Supervisors |
22705 | 58b1 | D | PW OPS5 | Public Works 5 - Urbana - Ops/Snow Plows |
22706 | 58b2 | D | PW OPS6 | Public Works 6 - Urbana - Operations |
22707 | 58b3 | D | PW OPS7 | Public Works 7 - Urbana - Operations |
22708 | 58b4 | D | PW OPS8 | Public Works 8 - County Highway - Operations 1 |
22709 | 58b5 | D | PW OPS9 | Public Works 9 - County Highway - Operations 2 |
22710 | 58b6 | D | PW OPS10 | Public Works 10 - County Public Works - Operations 1 |
22711 | 58b7 | D | PW OPS11 | Public Works 11 - County Public Works - Operations 1 |
22712 | 58b8 | D | ALL PW | Public Works 12 - Countywide Mutual Aid |
22713 | 58b9 | D | PW OPS13 | Public Works 13 - Champaign Parking Enforcement |
22714 | 58ba | D | Urbana Services | Public Works 14 - Urbana Services/Parking Enforcement |
22715 | 58bb | D | ILEAS Academy | ILEAS Academy |
22716 | 58bc | D | C-U PHD 1 | Champaign Urbana Public Health District |
22717 | 58bd | D | Illini EMS | Illini Emergency Medical Services |
22718 | 58be | D | WillardMaint | Willard Airport - Maintenance (Snow Removal) |
22719 | 58bf | D | UI H/L Sec | Housing and Library: Security / Student Patrol |
22900 | 5974 | D | UI Utility 1 | Utilities Operations 1 [UTIL1] |
22901 | 5975 | D | UI Utility 2 | Utilities Operations 2 [UTIL2] |
24975 | 618f | D | All Talkgroup | Systemwide Alerts (w/ Weather) [ALL ATG] |
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 reserve engines 112,113. We have ladder trucks 111,114 and reserve ladder 115. We have rescue 18 and reserve rescue 118.
Listen live to Champaign Fire and EMS streaming audio:
Uniden Fire Tone-Outs for Champaign Fire can be found here
'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000004-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-00000005-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-00000006-QINU`"'
Champaign-Urbana Fire Tone-Outs for Uniden Scanners
- Sources: CARMAchicago Yahoo!Group's Database section and from personal monitoring using counter.exe
- the following tones have all been verified using a BCD396T
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).
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-00000009-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
Parkland College
- 453.825 DCS364 Parkland College Police
- 453.575 (151.4) Parkland College Maintenance
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 110.9)
- 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.) NOTE: some of the following talkgroups are already being used on a car-car basis including: 13007, 13021, and 13047
Sites
Site | Name | Freqs |
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Site | Name | Freqs | |||||||
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001 (1) | Primary | 855.337500a | 855.937500a | 856.787500 | 856.912500 | 857.912500 | 858.787500 | 858.912500 | 859.787500c |
859.912500c | 860.787500c | 860.912500c |
Talkgroups
Description |
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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.
Frequencies used for the 2005 NCAA Final Four semi-final and championship games crowd-control on Green St.
- 453.250 (118.8) METCAD Channel 5 (command post and detailed units) **BEST FREQUENCY**
- 155.040 (131.8) County ESDA/Highway (ESDA command post to METCAD)
- 155.655 (107.2) Urbana PD Tac Channel
- 155.460 CSQ ISP HF4 - state units at the detail
- 42.500 CSQ ISP Car-Car low band (units arriving at the detail)
- ISP Dist 10 VHF High Dispatch 154.695 (mobiles 110.9 PL arriving at detail)
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
Taste of Champaign-Urbana - Champaign, IL
Scanner frequencies for the annual Taste of C-U held at Westside Park:
- Champaign Park District uses TG 4016 on the City of Champaign Public Works TRS to coordinate The Taste activities
- Champaign PD uses their regular dispatch channel 453.400 (118.8) while at the event
- CloseCall found 151.090 (67.0) which is probably C-U Public Health's 151.0925 simplex channel since I did see some of their people at The Taste
- CloseCall also got a hit on 467.975 (179.9) which is Arrow Ambulance's repeater input. Arrow does have an ambulance staged there
Stores
- This section is a work in progress. Your help in identifying new frequencies or confirming the unconfirmed ones is greatly appreciated.
Market Place Mall
- 451.300 (107.2) Mall Maintenance/Security
- 462.9125 (162.2) Macy's Security
- 467.225 DCS365 JC Penny
North Prospect/Neil Street Stores
Bed, Bath and Beyond - Champaign, IL
- confirmed radio usage - unknown frequency
Best Buy - Champaign, IL
- 467.925 DCS506
- 467.900 DCS743
Beverly Theaters - Champaign, IL
- CloseCall got a hit on 464.550 (67.0) (they do use radios but unconfirmed if this is actually their freq)
Borders - Champaign, IL
- 467.875 DCS472
Office Depot - Champaign, IL
- 467.900 DCS131
Old Navy - Champaign, IL
- 151.955 (74.4) NO LONGER USED - 6/19/07
- 467.850 DCS047 NEW CHANNEL
Target - Champaign, IL
- 467.750 DCS115 Target ch1
- 467.775 DCS072 Target ch2
- 467.925 DCS155 Target ch3
- 467.900 DCS205 Target ch4
Toys R Us - Champaign, IL
- 154.600 (94.8) UNCONFIRMED (it's a common Toys R Us freq so I believe it was Toys R US that I heard)
Wal-Mart - Champaign, IL
- CloseCall got a hit on 151.955 but unconfirmed if this is actually Wal-Mart
Other Stores
Wal-Mart - Savoy, IL
- 154.570 CSQ
Wal-Mart - Urbana, IL
- 154.570 CSQ
Related Links
Champaign County scanner frequencies
- Champaign County CARMA Profile
- Champaign County Radioreference.com page
- Landofzoz/McLeanCountyEMA.org Champaign County frequency database
- METCAD 911 Center's website
- Mitch Kazel's Champaign-Urbana scanner frequency list - last updated in 2002 (some info is outdated and/or incorrect)
Related information
- Starcom21 Yahoo!Group - discuss scanning the new Statwide P25 TRS
- CARMA Chicago Yahoo!Group - scanner listeners from Chicago and northern IL report their findings here