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SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference

All Champaign County METCAD Dispatched Public Safety Communications will be migrating to Motorola digital trunked systems in 2007. Rantoul is expected to join the MDICE system. It's unknown what Parkland College will do.

AGENCY DISPATCH CHANNEL MODE UNIT ID's
Champaign County Sheriff MDICE TRS P25 500s
Champaign County Rural Fire 154.250 (131.8) Analog
Champaign County Rural PDs MDICE TRS P25 6-Letter-#
Champaign Fire 154.070 (131.8) Analog 10s,110s
Champaign Police 453.400 (118.8) Analog 700s,900s
Illinois State Police Starcom 21 TRS P25 X's
Parkland College Police 453.825 DCS364 Analog S's
Rantoul Police 453.300 (118.8) Analog
University of IL PD MDICE TRS P25 100s,200s
Urbana Fire 154.070 (131.8) Analog 20s,220s
Urbana PD MDICE TRS P25 300s,400s 


**************************************************
*   CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (METCAD) POLICE RADIO IDS   *
* 						 *
* AGENCY	  RADIO_ID	DISP_CHANNEL	 *
* U of I	  100s, 200s	MDICE TG 21501	 *	
* Urbana	  300s, 400s	MDICE TG 21501	 *               		
* Champaign	  700s, 900s	453.400		 *
* County Sheriff  500s		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Fisher	  6__5		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Ludlow	  6__6		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Gifford	  6__7		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Thomasboro	  6__8		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Ogden		  6__13		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Homer		  6__19		MDICE TG 21501	 *
* Mahomet	  6__22		MDICE TG 21501 	 *
* Tolono	  6__24		MDICE TG 21501	 *
*			                         *
**************************************************


Police Emergency Situation channels

If you don't want to listen to all the mundane police calls, here is where the action is during police emergency situations

155.475 (CSQ) ISPERN - State Police emergency broadcasts [simplex]
155.655 (107.2) Urbana PD tactical channel [repeater]
453.250 (118.8) METCAD ch 5 (used when Champaign PD has a standoff/emergency) [repeater]
453.975 (118.8) Urbana Ch 2 (used when Urbana PD has a standoff situation) [repeater]
453.0625 (118.8) ?METRO team [simplex]
154.950 (CSQ) Illinois State Police DCI surveillance [simplex]
155.055 (CSQ) IREACH - ISP troopers can't monitor 453.975, so they communicate with METCAD on 155.055

I imagine most of these, with the exception of ISPERN, will be going away in a few months as communications move to MDICE and Starcom21

MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

Urbana PD, U of I PD, Champaign County Sheriff's Department and all rural PDs are now using this system


METCAD Public Safety agencies will be migrating from VHF/UHF to a state-of-the-art Project 25 TRS simulcast system in mid-2007. For more information about this system:


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
  • August 21, 2007 - Sheriff's Department is now using MDICE radios ('Patrol 2' - TG 21501) which is cross-patched with 453.900/453.150.
  • August 26, 2007 - Nearly all the Urbana PD and U of I PD officers are using MDICE radios, but their TG is still simulcast over 453.900/453.150. There are currently three full-time patches between UHF and MDICE:
    • 453.150/453.900 = PATROL 2 (21501)
    • 453.975 = INCIDENT 3 (22503)
    • 453.250 = INCIDENT 4 (22504)

Frequencies:

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


Identified 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] 

Unidentified Talkgroups:

  • 21006 - Urbana PD unit talking with METCAD (8/29/2007)
  • 21504 -

If you want Pro96com or ARC396 files for this system, send me a PM.

Champaign PD

Dispatched by METCAD.

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


Champaign PD Beats

Champaign PD Beat Map presented in the June 26, 2007 Champaign City Council Meeting

North District
Beat 1-1 - East of Neil and north of University Ave.
Beat 1-2 - Prospect to Neil north of University Ave.
Northwest District
Beat 1-3 - Area bounded by Prospect, University Ave, McKinley
Beat 1-4 - Area bounded by University, McKinley and Bradley
Beat 1-5 - Duncan to Rising Rd. north of University Ave. and South of Bloomington Rd. (not on the map)
South District
Beat 2-1 - East of Neil St and south of University Ave.
Beat 2-2 - Prospect to Neil but south of University Ave.
Southwest District
Beat 2-3 - Mattis to Prospect but south of University Ave.
Beat 2-4 - West of Mattis and south of University Ave.

Source: Chamapign City Council Meeting - June 26, 2007 "Policing Strategies by District" (SS 2007-042)

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: NO LONGER AVAILABLE 7/07

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


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

Urbana PD

As of August 24, 2007, Urbana PD is using MDICE for all their operations. Their dispatch talkgroup TG 21501 'PATROL 2' can still be heard on 453.900 however.

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 still on 155.655 (107.2) as of 9/11/07.

Urbana PD frequencies prior to MDICE: '"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000005-QINU`"'

Urbana Fire

Dispatched by METCAD.

  • Units: 20s and 200s

Listen live to Champaign Fire and EMS streaming audio: NO LONGER AVAILABLE 7/07

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

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000006-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

Medical

Paging for Champaign-Urbana medical calls is on 154.070 (131.8). For rural calls, paging is on 154.250 (131.8) or if it's in Rantoul's jurisdiction, it'll be on 155.130 (131.8).

The ambulance will communicate with either Carle or Provena Hospitals on MERCI 155.340 with a PL tone of either 186.2 or 210.7. The hospitals transmit back on 155.340 in CSQ.

Arrow Ambulance

  • 462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance Dispatch

PRO Ambulance

  • 462.950 (186.2) PRO Ambulance Dispatch
  • 461.600 (DCS464) PRO Ambulance - Medivan
  • 155.130 (131.8) Village of Rantoul (PRO Ambulance paging)
  • 155.130 (192.8) Village of Rantoul (PRO Ambulance response)
  • 458.0875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 458.1125 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 458.1375 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 458.1875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 460.5125 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 460.5375 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 460.5625 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender
  • 468.1875 (100.0) PRO Ambulance - mobile extender

Carle Foundation Hospital

  • 464.800 (151.4) Carle Hospital Security
  • 463.450 (DCS411) Carle Hospital Maintenance
  • 464.425 (DCS226) Carle Hospital Maintenance

Provena Covenant Hospital

  • 461.625 (DCS624) Provena Covenant Hospital Security

U of I - Illini Emergency Medical Service

Used during U of I football games. Also monitor either 462.975 or 462.950 for medical calls during the game as well as 155.340 for transports to the hospital.

  • 451.450 (DCS131) University of Illinois
  • 158.865 (CSQ) Illini Emergency Medical Service


Champaign County Sheriff's Department

As of August 21, 2007, the Champaign County Sheriff's Department is using MDICE TG 21501 'Patrol 2'. This talkgroup is being cross-patched with 453.900/453.150 for now.

Dispatched by METCAD.

  • Units: 500s are Sheriff's Department Deputies. The Sheriff's Department uses the MDICE TRS TG 21501. Also on the same channel/talkgroup 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 County Jail is still on 453.300 (156.7) and the Courthouse is still on 460.225 (118.8), however.
  • 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 Ch5 453.250 (118.8).

Champaign County Police beats

Old Champaign County Sheriff Frequencies (being phased out):

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

As of August 24, 2007, U of I PD is using MDICE for all their operations. Their dispatch talkgroup can still be heard on 453.900 however.

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.

U of I PD frequencies prior to MDICE:


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 



Memorial Stadium (link)

  • MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" METCAD Police Detail (which is simulcast on 453.250 on game days)
  • 453.250 118.8 METCAD Ch 5 PD Events Detail (UIPD, Champaign PD, County Shf)
  • Starcom21 TRS TG 13020 "D10 DETAIL A" Illinois State Police Detail
  • 155.460 CSQ Illinois State Police HF4 (detailed units)
  • 453.600 85.4 Football game parking (ch10)
  • 464.650 DCS047 Memorial Stadium Fireworks
  • 464.600 DCS532 Memorial Stadium Audio Techs
  • 464.625 DCS031 Memorial Stadium press-box to band leader (ch6)
  • 451.350 DCS071 Memorial Stadium Maintenance (ch1)
  • 451.450 DCS131 Illini Emergency Medical Services
  • 452.225 DCS115 Memorial Stadium Concessions (ch3)
  • 452.625 DCS043 Athletics Dept Tickets/Guest Services/Golf Cart Escorts/Ushers (ch2)
  • 158.865 CSQ Illini Emergency Medical Service "talkabout" (Illini EMS carries both VHF and UHF radios)
  • 462.975 179.9 Arrow Ambulance Dispatch
  • 462.950 186.2 Pro Ambulance Dispatch
  • 154.265 CSQ Champaign-Urbana FD at the game
  • 155.340 210.7 MERCI (ambulance to hospital)
  • 155.340 186.2 MERCI (ambulance to hospital)

For additional information about scanning U of I football games, see this forum thread
-For public safety at Memorial Stadium, CPD, UIPD, and the County Sheriff police agencies use the 453.250 (118.8) repeater while ISP D10 troopers use HF-4 155.460 (CSQ) in simplex mode. Fire operations are on 154.265 simplex (the FD units monitor 154.070 (131.8) with a pager though). EMS operations are either by Arrow Ambulance on 462.975 (179.9) or Pro Ambulance 462.950 (186.2). Illini EMS uses 451.450 (DCS 131) and occasionally 158.865 (CSQ).


Assembly Hall (link):

  • 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

Huff Hall (link):

  • No radios are used at volleyball games at Huff Hall although Arrow Ambulance had a unit staged outside. (9/12/07)

Parkland College

  • 453.825 DCS364 Parkland College Police
  • 453.575 (151.4) Parkland College Maintenance
  • 453.250 (118.8) Parkland PD can transmit on Champaign PD's ch5 453.250 (7/4/07)

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.

As of 8/9/07, ISP D10 now uses Starcom21 for it's operations


ISP District 10 Starcom21 Trunked System :

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


Statewide ISP frequencies formerly used around Champaign-Urbana.
With the exception of IREACH and ISPERN, these will likely not be used often anymore. They're still included for reference and historical purposes.

  • 155.475 HF-1 ISPERN - Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network {base trasmits 67.0 PL}
  • 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 while base tx CSQ)
  • 155.505 ISP Mobile Extenders

ISP District 10 Pesotum Conventional Frequencies:
The old conventional frequencies that were used for decades up to 8/9/07. These may still occasionally be active, so don’t remove them from your scanner just yet.

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 


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)


IHSA Football - Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

I've always been out of town during IHSA weekend. Here are the ones that I'd monitor if I were going:

  • 453.2500 (118.8) METCAD PD EVENT channel
  • 458.4000 (118.8) Champaign PD repeater input
  • 458.9000 (118.8) U of I PD repeater input
  • 451.3500 (071 DPL) Memorial Stadium
  • 452.6250 (043 DPL) Memorial Stadium
  • 452.2250 (115 DPL) Memorial Stadium
  • 453.6000 (85.4 PL) Football game parking
  • 453.7500 (123.0) U of I Parking Services
  • 464.6000 (532 DPL) Memorial Stadium
  • 464.6250 (031 DPL) Memorial Stadium
  • 464.6500 (047 DPL ) Memorial Stadium
  • 451.4500 (131 DPL) Illini Emergency Medical Services
  • 155.3400 (186.2 or 210.7) MERCI (ambulance<>hospital)
  • 467.9750 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance (repeater input)
  • 467.9500 (186.2) PRO Ambulance (repeater input)

Fourth of July Fireworks

Champaign 4th of July Celebration website

2007 frequencies - Parkland College/Dodds Park

  • 453.250 (118.8) METCAD CH 5 - EVENTS (also used by Parkland College PD "S" units)
  • 453.825 DCS364 Parkland College PD
  • 92.5 THE CHIEF - FM broadcast of the music corresponding to the fireworks display [the remote broadcast channel was 450.150 CSQ]
  • 453.400 (118.8) Champaign PD (some activity for perimeter calls for beat cars)
  • 154.570 Melrose Pyrotechnics Company (I wasn't close enough to verify if this was used)
  • 154.600 Melrose Pyrotechnics Company (I wasn't close enough to verify if this was used)

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

Champaign County Fair website

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

2007 confirmed frequencies:

  • 453.250 (118.8) Deputies at the Fairgrounds
  • 462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance (some usage is on their talk-around Ch2 in simplex mode)
  • 462.5625 (67.0) gate ops
  • 154.250 (131.8) and 153.830 (CSQ) -- see below
  • 464.325 (186.2) Prarieland Monster Truck Nationals Show officials 7/22/07
  • 469.075 DCS271 Monster Truck team
  • 462.6875 (85.4) hot air balloons that were flying around the city
  • 462.950 (186.2) Pro Ambulance
  • 464.300 (118.8) hot air balloons flying around
  • 468.3625 DCS162 possibly related to the fair or monster truck show
  • 464.500 DCS165 AMA Pro/AM Motorcycle Races - Track Officials 7/25/07

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

  • 154.250 (131.8) County Rural Fire (ch 1) "FIRE COMMAND"
  • 154.265 (CSQ) MABAS IFERN (ch 2)
  • 153.830 (CSQ) MABAS Fireground red (ch 3) {most active fire freq at the fair}

(I also heard Carroll FPD Engine 61 mention that he was out at the fairgrounds)

2006 confirmed frequencies:

  • 462.6125 (250.3) tractor pull

Sweetcorn Festival - Urbana, IL

Event website
2007 Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:

  • 464.500 (DCS364) Sweetcorn Festival Staff
  • 469.500 (DCS364) Sweetcorn Festival Staff
  • 453.250 (118.8)/MDICE TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" Urbana PD
  • 154.070 (131.8) Urbana Fire (has personnel at the event who were observed monitoring this frequency)
  • 453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works (initial set-up)
  • 462.950 (186.2) Pro Ambulance (responded to a call at the event)

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
  • American Eagle Outfitter, Victoria's Secret, The Limited and Express Men all use radios (unknown freqs). I couldn't see inside Abercrombie & Fitch or Hollister Co. to verify radio use.

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 Motorola XTN or similar radios but unconfirmed if this is actually their freq)

Borders - Champaign, IL

  • 467.875 DCS472

Meijer - Champaign, IL

  • Meijer uses some kind of radio/telphone intercom system with handhelds that look like phones. I don't think they can be monitored on a scanner.

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)

Wal-Mart - Champaign, IL

  • CloseCall got a hit on 151.955 but unconfirmed if this is actually Wal-Mart (or if this Wal-Mart even uses radios)


Other Stores

Wal-Mart - Savoy, IL

  • 154.570 CSQ

Wal-Mart - Urbana, IL

  • 154.570 CSQ

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Champaign County scanner frequencies

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