SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference

All Champaign County METCAD Dispatched Public Safety Communications have migrated to a Motorola digital trunked system beginning in 2007. Rantoul PD/FD, Cornbelt FPD, and Parkland PD are also using it.

AGENCY	DISPATCH CHANNEL	MODE	UNIT ID's
Champaign County Sheriff	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	500s
Champaign County Rural Fire	MDICE TRS (paged on 154.250)	P25
Champaign County Rural PDs	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	6-Letter-#
Champaign Fire	MDICE TRS (paged on 154.250)	P25	100s
Champaign Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21500	P25	700s,900s
Illinois State Police	Starcom 21 TRS	P25	X's
Parkland College Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21505	P25	S's
Rantoul Police	MDICE TRS - TG 21504	P25
University of IL PD	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	100s,200s
Urbana Fire	MDICE TRS (paged on 154.250)	P25	200s
Urbana PD	MDICE TRS - TG 21501	P25	300s,400s

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*   CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (METCAD) POLICE RADIO IDS   *
*                                                *
* AGENCY            RADIO_ID    DISPATCH CHANNEL *
* U of I            100s, 200s  MDICE TG 21501   *	
* Urbana            300s, 400s  MDICE TG 21501   *                		
* Champaign         700s, 900s  MDICE TG 21500   *
* 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   *
*                                                *
**************************************************

MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

All public safety agencies in Champaign County are using the MDICE system as of September 28, 2008.

Most of the police talkgroups (excepting the UIPD/UPD/Sheriff Dispatch talkgroup, Champaign PD Dispatch, Rantoul PD Dispatch, Parkland PD Dispatch, Courthouse Security and some of the event talkgroups) are 100% encrypted.

METCAD Public Safety agencies migrated from VHF/UHF to a state-of-the-art Project 25 TRS simulcast system in late 2007 and early 2008. 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 is currently one full-time patch between UHF and MDICE, and two others as needed:
- 453.150/453.900 = PATROL 2 (21501) {full-time}
- 453.975 = INCIDENT 3 (22503) {as-necessary}
- 453.250 = INCIDENT 4 (22504) {as-necessary}
September 24, 2007 - Champaign PD is now using MDICE exclusively with dispatch on PATROL 1 TG 21500. 453.400 is now silent.
October 23, 2007 - 453.150 is no longer simulcasting MDICE. Unsure of exactly when this quit, however, 453.900 still simulcasts Patrol 2 from MDICE.
November 14, 2007 - It's been noted that the 453.900/PATROL 2 simulcast is no longer active. 453.900 is now silent.
November 29, 2007 - TG 21532 "COURT SECURITY" is now being used by the deputies covering the courthouse.
December 17, 2007 - Parkland College PD now uses MDICE TG 21505.
January 29, 2008 - Urbana and Champaign Fire moved operations to MDICE this morning. Paging still occurs on 154.070 which isn't simulcast on MDICE. Fire responses have been on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1.
January 30, 2008 - 154.070 is being simulcast onto TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH
Spring 2008 - Weather spotters are now using MDICE TG 21204 WEATHER for storm spotting reports
August/September 2008 - Testing is ongoing on TG 22006 FIREGROUND 5 with rural fire departments trying out their new radios.
August 31, 2008 - METCAD has updated some of their talkgroup listing at their scanner information page
September 9, 2008 - Rantoul PD moved to MDICE TG 21504.
September 28, 2008 - Rural Fire Departments began using MDICE, all Public Safety agencies across Champaign County are now using MDICE (Source: METCAD)
September 28, 2008 - Rantoul FD is now using MDICE
September 29, 2008 - Urbana Public Works, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22705
October 7, 2008 - Urbana Parking Enforcement Division, who formerly used the 453.525 repeater, began using MDICE TG 22714
October 15, 2008 - Champaign and Urbana Public Works are scheduled to join MDICE by this date.
May 8, 2009 - Pro Ambulance using MDICE TG 22018 for its operations
May 13, 2009 - METCAD was rebanded -15 MHz. Outputs are now 851-854 MHz rather than 866-869 MHz.
August 7, 2009 All Fire Paging for whole county including Champaign and Urbana on 154.250.
Winter 2009-2010 - Champaign County Highway Department is using MDICE for it's operations.

System Frequencies and Talkgroups

Frequencies:

Site	Name	Freqs
001 (1)	Simulcast	851.062500	851.550000	851.800000	852.100000	852.562500a	853.137500a	853.525000a	853.825000c

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:
P25/Non-Encrypted talkgroups

22706 P25 transmissions logged from and Urbana PW radios. Probably PW OPS 6.

Encrypted talkgroups

21205 unidentified, encrypted
21250 used by weather spotters radios; only encrypted transmissions logged
21511 used completely by Parkland College PD ; probably "PATROL OPS 6"
21512 Referred to as “Special Teams 1” by CPD units before switching to this TG, encrypted
21513 unit on TG 21501 told another unit "switch over to my channel" and they went to 21513
21515 used completely by county sheriff radios
21518 unidentified encrypted
21527 used completely by CPD radios
21528 used completely by CPD radios
21529 unid - encrypted (12/07) used by PATROL 2 department radios - SWAT/METRO team?
21530 used by UPD and UIPD radios - SWAT/METRO team?
21531 used completely by county sheriff radios
21539 always encrypted
21540 affiliation from RPD radio, encryption heard, possibly an investigations TG
21542 always encrypted
22019 logged as encrypted via Pro96com, a "Pro Ops 2" would fall in sequence here
22020 logged as encrypted via Pro96com

Affiliations only. No transmissions heard/logged

21005 formerly listed as "METCAD EOC Net - EOC communications" on METCAD's website, affiliations from METCAD radios
21101 affiliation from radio id 1; logged 5/2/2007 when the system was new--haven't seen affiliations since then on this TG
21253 affiliations from 4 CPD radios and 1 RPD radio
21502 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
21503 affiliations from CPD, UPD, UIPD, County Sheriff, RPD radios
21508 affiliations from UPD, UIPD radios; no transmissions have been logged
21509 affiliations from UPD and UIPD and a 41000000 series radio
21511 logged as encrypted via Pro96com, probably "PATROL OPS 6"
21514 affiliations from two UIPD radios
21525 affiliations from CPD, UPD, and Parkland PD radios
21538 affiliations from UIPD radios
21539 affiliation from County Sheriff radio
22001 formerly listed as FIRE TACTICAL on METCAD's website, affiliation from a METCAD radio
22010 formerly listed as HAZMAT on METCAD's website, affiliations from rural fire radios and an Arrow Ambulance radio
22011 formerly listed as TECH RESCUE on METCAD's website, affiliations from a few fire radios and METCAD consoles; no transmissions have been logged
22707 affiliations from Urbana PW radios

Other:

21203 was formerly listed as "EMA Region 7 - communication with other EMA agencies in neighboring counties of Region 7" on METCAD's website. No affiliations or transmissions have been logged.

METCAD Radio ID sequences for Pro96com
-Updated 9/29/08-

4000000 METCAD radios
4001000 Champaign PD
4001100 Champaign PD
4001200 Urbana PD
4001300 Urbana PD
4001500 U of I PD
4001700 County Sheriff
4001800 County Sheriff
4002200 Rural PDs
4002300 Rural PDs
4002500 Parkland Police
4002600 Rantoul PD
4020000 Champaign Fire
4020100 Champaign Fire
4021000 Urbana Fire
4022000 Bondville Fire
4022200 Carroll Fire
4023400 Sadorus Fire
4022400 Edge-Scott Fire
4022500 Homer Fire
4022700 Longview Fire
4022800 Ogden-Royal Fire
4023100 Rantoul Fire
4023300 St. Joe Fire
4023600 Savoy Fire
4024000 Sidney Fire
4024300 Ludlow Fire
4024400 Thomasboro Fire
4024600 Cornbelt Fire
4090000 Arrow Ambulance
4090250 Pro Ambulance
4100200 Weather Spotters
4200500 Urbana PW
4200600 Champaign PW
4500000 U of I Utilities units
4900000 METCAD Dispatch Console

Champaign PD

As of September 24, 2007, Champaign PD is using MDICE for all their operations.
Their dispatch talkgroup TG 21500 'PATROL 1' IS NOT simulcast on 453.400 however. All UHF usage is over. For emergencies or car-car, the units will use TG 21506 PATROL OPS 1 (which is encrypted). During events, if they are not on PATROL 1, they will use INCIDENT 4 or one of the other INCIDENT talkgroups.

Dispatched by METCAD.

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

Champaign PD Media Reports (Daily Response Log)

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

As of January 29, 2008, Champaign Fire is using MDICE for their operations. Paging occurs on 154.250 which is simulcast on MDICE TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH. Fire responses are on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1. FIREGROUND talkgroups are used for working fires, especially FIREGROUND 1.

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: Champaign County MABAS Division 28 changed all the county fire radio ids on 11/26/07. Current Champaign Fire Department radio ids can be found here.

Urbana PD

As of August 24, 2007, Urbana PD is using MDICE for all their operations.
Their dispatch talkgroup TG 21501 'PATROL 2' IS NOT simulcast on 453.900 however. All UHF usage is over. For emergencies or car-car, the units will use TG 21507 PATROL OPS 2 (which is encrypted). During events, if they are not on PATROL 2, they will use INCIDENT 4 or one of the other INCIDENT talkgroup.

Dispatched by METCAD

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

Dispatch is on MDICE TG 21501 - also on this channel are U of I PD (100s/200s), County Sheriff (500s) and Rural PDs (6Letter#'s).

Urbana Fire

As of January 29, 2008, Urbana Fire is using MDICE for their operations. Paging occurs on 154.250 which is simulcast on MDICE TG 22012 FIRE DISPATCH. Fire responses are on TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1. FIREGROUND talkgroups are used for working fires, especially FIREGROUND 1.

Dispatched by METCAD.

Units: 200s

Medical

Paging for medical calls is on 154.250 (131.8) or if it's in Rantoul's jurisdiction, it'll be on Fireground 4.

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
Arrow also has talkgroups on MDICE that they will use occasionally for car-car or special details:
- TG 22016 Arrow Ops 1 - P25
- TG 22017 Arrow Ops 2 - encrypted

PRO Ambulance

As of May 2009, PRO Ambulance is now using MDICE for its responses in Champaign County

MDICE TRS TG 22018 - Pro Ambulance Dispatch
~~462.950 (186.2) PRO Ambulance Dispatch~~ NO LONGER IN USE
461.600 (DCS464) PRO Ambulance - Medivan
~~453.300 (118.8) Village of Rantoul (PRO Ambulance)~~NO LONGER IN USE
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 Shuttle Buses

Provena Covenant Hospital

461.625 (DCS624) Provena Covenant Hospital Security

U of I - Illini Emergency Medical Service

451.450 (DCS131) Illini Emergency Medical Service - main operations
158.865 (CSQ) Illini Emergency Medical Service - "talkabout" channel

Champaign County Sheriff's Department

As of August 21, 2007, the Champaign County Sheriff's Department is using MDICE TG 21501 'Patrol 2'. For emergencies, the responding units will use TG 21507 PATROL OPS 2 (which is encrypted). The Courthouse started using MDICE in place of 460.225 on 11/29/07.

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).

Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
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]

Severe weather alert message are broadcast on MDICE TRS TG 24975 as well as on IREACH 155.055 and Rural Fire 154.250.

The main channel to monitor when storms approach is TG 21204 on the MDICE TRS. Also worth monitoring is the Champaign County ARES spotter channel 444.100 (162.2). Since 444.100 is used for other purposes during regular weather, it is best to lock it out in your scanner until the weather turns severe. 155.040 (131.8) and 155.115 (131.8) are no longer used for weather spotting purposes.

Champaign County weather radio check is conducted the first Tuesday each month at 10am on MDICE TRS TG 21204.

Countywide

MDICE TRS TG 21204 "WEATHER" - weather spotter reports to the EOC
155.115 (131.8) County EMA fixed point-to-point/announcement channel [simplex]
444.100 (162.2) Champaign County ARES spotters [repeater]
147.060 (131.8) Champaign County ARES (backup to 444.100) [repeater]
146.550 (CSQ) Champaign County weather spotter simplex

Village/Rural Spotters

151.115 (131.8) Homer ESDA [repeater]
155.865 (131.8) Mahomet ESDA
154.995 (CSQ) Pesotum ESDA
155.775 (CSQ) Philo ESDA
158.805 (127.3) Savoy ESDA [repeater] -->likely replaced by 151.010 DCS205 [repeater]
158.820 (186.2) Thomasboro ESDA
151.0775 (DCS 223) Tolono ESDA [repeater]

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

University of Illinois

Info has been migrated to the University of Illinois wiki page.

Parkland College

As of December 17, 2007, Parkland College PD is now using MDICE TRS TG 21505 (Patrol 6). They no longer use 453.825.

~~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)

Maps of Parkland College

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

Site	Name	Freqs
003 (3)	Champaign	851.412500	851.937500c	852.462500a	852.987500	854.962500	855.162500

Site	Name	Freqs
006 (6)	Pesotum	851.362500	852.412500a	852.937500a	853.462500	854.562500c

Talkgroups

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
13029	32e5	D	D10 IREACH	IREACH Patch
13041	32f1	D	D10 Local Patch	Local Patch
13076	3314	D	D10 Intercom	Intercom

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 transmits 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 VHF 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. The 700 MHz frequencies are for the Starcom21 mobile extenders.

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
MDICE TRS TG 22705 Urbana Public Works
MDICE TRS TG 22701 Champaign Public Works
151.010 (DCS205) Savoy Public Works
47.340 (110.9) State IDOT - Champaign
47.140 (110.9) State IDOT - Leverett
MDICE TRS TG 22708 County Highway Department
453.650 (118.8) U of I Facilities Services

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

Compromise Twp uses TG 0-06-120 and 0-06-122 on the CNY TRS.

Related Info

City of Champaign Snow Route Maps
Tatman's Towing uses TG 34064, site 019 on the ClearTalk TRS
CUMTD 453.775 (131.8) would be a good source for road conditions. If school is in session, also consider the school bus frequencies on this page.
Starcom21 TRS, Site 203 - TG 13007, 13008, and 13047 for Illinois State Police in Champaign County.
MDICE TRS for Champaign PD/FD, Urbana PD/FD, Rantoul PD/FD, PRO Ambulance, County EMA and Parkland PD.
462.975 179.9 Arrow EMS

Events

University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games

For sporting events, concerts, etc. at Memorial Stadium or Assembly Hall, see the U of I Athletics section.

IHSA Football - Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

From VERY brief monitoring during the 2008 8A football game, here is what was heard from the stadium:

451.3500 (071 DPL) Memorial Stadium
452.6250 (043 DPL) Memorial Stadium
464.6000 (532 DPL) Memorial Stadium
464.3750 (072 DPL) Memorial Stadium

For other possible frequencies, see the U of I Athletics section.

Illinois Marathon

May 1, 2010 confirmed frequencies
Radioreference.com Forum Thread: "Illinois Marathon 2010"

MDICE TRS TG 22503 - INCIDENT 4 (METCAD police units) patched to Starcom21 - ISP D10 Detail A (ISP units)
MDICE TRS TG 22502 - INCIDENT 3 (EMS units)
MDICE TRS TG 22000 - FIRE OPS 1 (fire units) - not very active with marathon related issues
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS - working first aid stations
MDICE TRS TG 22701 - PW 1 Champaign Public Works (course set-up)
MDICE TRS TG 22705 - PW 5 Urbana Public Works (course set-up)
MDICE TRS TG 22712 - ALL PW (public works units)
451.350 (DCS071) Memorial Stadium channel - volunteer and event coordination
453.775 (131.8) MTD buses was an interesting source about the street closures

April 11, 2009 confirmed frequencies
Radioreference Forum Thread: "Illinois Marathon: Champaign-Urbana"

Starcom21 - ISP D10 Detail A (ISP units)
MDICE TRS TG 22503 - INCIDENT 4 (METCAD police units)
MDICE TRS TG 22502 - INCIDENT 3 (EMS units)
451.350 (DCS071) Memorial Stadium channel
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS
Marathon staff at Memorial Stadium were seen carrying Motorola Saber radios with 800 MHz stubby antenna. Unknown what system or talkgroup they were on. Nothing noted in the 800 MHz band via CloseCall except the MDICE TRS inputs.
MDICE TRS TG 22712 - ALL PW (public works units)
453.775 (131.8) MTD buses was an interesting source about the street closures

Related Links

Possible frequencies/systems:

MDICE TRS search for various talkgroups in use
453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works former channel
MDICE TRS TG 22018 - PRO Ambulance
462.950 (186.2) Pro Ambulance (old UHF repeater)
461.600 (DCS464) Pro Ambulance - Medivan
462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance
151.295 (DCS506) Urbana Park District
856.7375 (various CTCSS tones) Champaign Park District
158.400 (DCS627) Champaign Park District VHF handhelds
451.350 (DCS071) Memorial Stadium
452.625 (DCS043) Memorial Stadium
452.225 (DCS115) Memorial Stadium
451.450 (DCS 131) Illini EMS
155.3400 (186.2 or 210.7) MERCI (ambulance<>hospital)
151.0925 C-U Public Health's simplex channel
Starcom21 for state assistance
155.055 (CSQ) IREACH
453.650 (118.8) U of I Maintenance
464.825 (DCS411) Memorial Stadium
464.375 (DCS072) Memorial Stadium
453.600 (85.4) Memorial Stadium parking - other PL tones have other usages, worth searching
464.650 (DCS047) Memorial Stadium
464.600 (DCS532) Memorial Stadium
464.625 (DCS031) Memorial Stadium
453.750 (123.0) U of I Parking
453.775 (127.3) CUMTD buses F1 (good source for road closure updates during parades)
453.225 (127.3) CUMTD buses F2
460.175 (127.3) CUMTD buses F3
Cleartalk TRS TG 34064 Tatman's Towing - also check Cleartalk for other possible related talkgroups
CNY Inc TRS possibly related business usage

Fourth of July Fireworks

Champaign 4th of July Celebration website

2008 frequencies - Parkland College/Dodds Park

I would expect the frequencies to be the same as 2007 with the following exceptions:

MDICE TG 22503 INCIDENT 4 instead of 453.250
MDICE TG 21505 instead of 453.825
MDICE TG 21500 instead of 453.400

Consider also:

453.575 (151.4) Parkland College Maintenance
856.7375 (various PL) Champaign Park District [repeater]

2008 parade frequencies

MDICE TG 22503 INCIDENT 4
453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works (setting up barricades)

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 college students celebrate an unofficial drinking holiday called "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day". Police are out in full force handling anything from 10-38s, 10-92s, 10-10s, disorderly subjects, public consumption, public urination, throwing objects, falls, etc. For a discussion of the scanning during the event, see the "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day" - Radioreference.com Forum Thread.

Google Map of the Campustown Area

Unofficial St Patrick's Day 20010
This year Unofficial is taking place March 5, 2010.

MDICE TRS INCIDENT 4 - police and fire inspectors in the campustown area. INCIDENT 4 was simulcast with Starcom21 ISP D10 DETAIL A.
155.340 MERCI ambulance<>hospital communications
Thursday night police activities related to Unofficial were on MDICE TRS INCIDENT 1

Other possibilities:

Tatman's Towing was removing some of the illegally parked vehicles. Their ops are on Cleartalk TG 34064.
MDICE TRS TG 22714 Urbana Parking Enforcement
MDICE TRS TG 22713 Champaign Parking Enforcement
MDICE TRS TG 22018 Pro Ambulance
MDICE TRS TG 22000 FIRE OPS 1 (fire/ems responses in Champaign-Urbana)
154.250 131.8 Champaign County Fire-EMS paging
462.975 179.9 Arrow Ambulance
453.750 123.0 U of I Parking
453.600 173.8 U of I Housing
451.450 131 Illini EMS

Unofficial St Patrick's Day 2009
This year Unofficial is taking place March 6, 2009.

10:00am - PD on the detail are using MDICE TRS INCIDENT 4 at Unofficial. Prior to 10am, units were using their primary channel. Champaign Fire had some units doing occupancy checks as well on INCIDENT 4.
2:45am - command post terminated and all units returned back to their primary channels.
462.950 (186.2) PRO Ambulance - responding to drunk subjects
155.340 (186.2) MERCI - hospital<>ambulance communications

Unofficial St Patrick's Day 2008
This year Unofficial is taking place over two days: February 29 - March 1. Security from the Assembly Hall will be helping campus police this year (source), so monitoring 463.350 (DCS506) might be worthwhile (this freq had 139 hits on Friday according to Arc246's log, unknown if it was Unofficial related). ISP will also be assisting patrol Unofficial (source). Some activity on Starcom21 TG 13020 'D10 DETAIL A' was noted on 2/29/08 and probably related to Unofficial. For coordination between ISP and METCAD agencies, I'd expect it to be on 155.055 IREACH (at least one transmission was heard on IREACH that could have been related). A News-Gazette article reported that Illini EMS provided medical assistance. They use 451.450 (DCS 131) but it's unknown if there was any Unofficial radio traffic on there. I forgot to monitor to the City of Champaign TRS to see if any of their departments were using it. No activity has been noted on the old 453 MHz repeaters during the 2008 event.

CPD, UIPD, CFD inspectors and UPD in the campus area are using MDICE TRS TG 22503 INCIDENT 4 and have been doing so since 10am on 2/29/08 until after the bars closed. This is the most active and most worthwhile channel to monitor.
154.070 (131.8) METRO FIRE DISP {medical dispatches}
Both PRO and Arrow have been handling various medical calls and I didn't pay close attention to which ones were responding to campus area calls (I know PRO was handling campus calls). Both ambulance companies use MERCI 155.340 to call the hospitals on a regular basis so it's assumed they are using MERCI over Unofficial weekend.
MDICE TG's: 22504, 21515, 21526 were all recorded by Pro96com on 2/29/08 but since these TG's are encrypted it's unknown if these were related to the detail or not.

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

2010 frequencies:

MDICE TRS TG 22502 "INCIDENT 3" - Champaign PD detail
462.975 179.9 Arrow Ambulance - heard clearing the parade
other simplex freqs may have been in use, not close enough to verify

2009 frequencies:

158.400 (627 DPL) simplex - Parade of Lights (Champaign Park District) workers
MDICE TRS TG 22501 "INCIDENT 2" - Champaign PD detail
MDICE TRS TG 22701 "PW OPS 1" - Champaign Public Works route set-up
MDICE TRS TG 21500 "PATROL 1" - Champaign PD prior to switching to INCIDENT 2

2008 frequencies:

856.7375 (77.0) [repeater] Champaign Park District - Parade of Lights operations
Champaign TRS TG 16 - public works closing streets
453.775 (131.8) CUMTD buses (excellent source for updated road closure information)

2006 frequencies:

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. The 2007 parade was canceled due to weather.

Champaign County Fair

Champaign County Fair website
2010 confirmed frequencies:

MDICE TG 22503 INCIDENT 4 - Champaign County Sheriff's Department deputies and Arrow Medical at fairgrounds. PD doing "local checks" are advised to use PATROL 2.
MDICE TG 22502 INCIDENT 3 - Eastern Prairie Fire units at fairgrounds
462.5625 85.4 gate workers and office
462.5625 CSQ carnival worker family with mention of Fury ride
469.8125 DCS412 concessions (mentioned "hoagie buns, sausage stand")
151.865 (203.5) O'Brien's Food Service
MDICE TG 21501 PATROL 2 - very active Friday night as people were walking home from the fairgrounds and causing trouble.
462.5625 (97.4) probably security again this year
462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance (repeater and simplex)
469.075 DCS271 Hall Brothers Racing - Ramunition and Raminator monster truck teams
462.6125 67.0 - Tractor Pull staff 7/31/10
464.500 DCS532 Tractor Pull staff 7/31/10
lots of activity on the FRS and GMRS frequencies by fair staff, vendors, etc.

Potentially related frequencies:
Carle Hospital is located directly south of the fairgrounds. Normally Carle uses the fairgrounds for its employee parking lot.

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

2009 confirmed frequencies:

MDICE TG 22503 INCIDENT 4 - Champaign County Sheriff's Department deputies and Arrow Medical at fairgrounds.
MDICE TG 22502 INCIDENT 3 - Eastern Prairie Fire units at fairgrounds
462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance (repeater)
462.5625 (67.0) Fair gate workers
462.5625 (97.4) Fair security
467.6125 (CSQ) Fair Staff/Security?
469.8125 DCS412 concessions
when beat cars are needed (ex. especially after the fair lets out), they use MDICE TG 21501 PATROL 2
151.865 (203.5) O'Brien's Food Service
469.075 DCS271 Hall Brothers Racing RAMINATOR truck team (possibly RAMUNITION uses this same channel as well?). Note no confirmed usage of 464.325 for the show officials as was the case in years past.
466.425 DCS271 heard some monster truck related comms. Either the show officials or an alternate freq used by the Hall Brothers Racing team (also searched and found 466.200 DCS271 but that may have been an image of one of the other above listed freqs)
451.125 DCS411 AMA Pro/AM Motorcycle Races - Track Officials 7/29/09
154.600 CSQ Track Enterprises - race track promoter for motorcycle race
467.5625 CSQ - lots of activity related to the motorcycle race
462.6125 (67.0) - Tractor Pull staff 8/1/09
lots of activity on the FRS frequencies by fair staff, vendors, etc.

2008 confirmed frequencies:

462.5625 (67.0) gate ops
MDICE TG 22503 INCIDENT 4 - deputies at fairgrounds
154.250 (131.8) Eastern Prairie Fire (arriving/departing from the fairgrounds)
154.265 (CSQ) MABAS IFERN
462.975 (179.9) Arrow Ambulance
464.325 (186.2) Prarieland Monster Truck Nationals Show officials 7/20/08
469.075 DCS271 Monster Truck team
451.125 DCS411 AMA Pro/AM Motorcycle Races - Track Officials 7/23/08
464.500 (79.7) Fair carnival ride workers?
467.5625 (CSQ) Fair Staff/Security?
469.500 DCS532 Tractor Pull staff
469.8125 DCS412 mentioned "funnel cake batter"
462.7125 (110.9) food vendor (corn dog stand?)
lots of activity on the FRS frequencies

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:

453.250 (118.8) Champaign County Sheriff's Department
462.5625 (67.0) gate ops
462.6125 (250.3) tractor pull

2005 confirmed frequencies:

453.250 (118.8) Champaign County Sheriff's Department
154.250 (131.8) Eastern Prairie Fire at the fair
154.265 (CSQ) MABAS Fire - some fair related activity heard

Sweetcorn Festival - Urbana, IL

Event website
2010 Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:
Public works/Public safety:

MDICE TG 22705 Urbana Public Works (initial set-up)
MDICE TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" County Sheriff, Urbana PD, Pro EMS at the event

Event staff:
Event staff have 8 channel radios according to the paper on the front. Each channel has a specific usage. The following were found via CloseCall. The majority of the activity takes place on the first two channels listed below. Note they use less common itinerant frequencies, so I'd expect the rest of their frequencies to be as well:

451.800 DCS026 main operations
462.8875 DCS073 tickets
461.1625 [no tone found by CloseCall] security?
462.7625 DCS315

Other:

451.800 (DCS754) Music audio-techs set-up

2009 Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:

MDICE TG 22705 Urbana Public Works (initial set-up)
MDICE TG 22714 Urbana Parking Enforcement
MDICE TG 22502 "INCIDENT 3" County Sheriff, Urbana PD, Arrow EMS at the event
464.125 (100.0) Sweetcorn Festival Staff -- event director
464.675 DCS627 Sweetcorn Festival Staff -- ticket sales/money
469.725 71.9 SweetCorn Festival -- mentioned VIP tent
451.800 (DCS754) Music audio-techs set-up (I think this was from the festival)
469.400 (DCS306) security mentioned

2008 Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:

453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works (initial set-up)
MDICE TG 22501 "INCIDENT 2" Urbana PD, County Sheriff, and Urbana Fire at the event
151.955 (DCS023) Sweetcorn Festival Staff (Urbana Business Association)
462.950 (186.2) Pro Ambulance (has unit at the event and CloseCall found 467.950 (186.2))
451.800 (DCS754) Music audio-techs set-up (I think this was from the festival)--very active
469.550 (DCS754) Music audio-techs set-up (I think this was from the festival)--only heard once
469.5375 (no tone detected) found by CloseCall--could have been a false hit for 469.550 which was audio techs

2007 Scanner frequencies for the annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival:

464.500 (DCS364) Sweetcorn Festival Staff (Urbana Business Association)
469.500 (DCS364) Sweetcorn Festival Staff (Urbana Business Association)
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)

Blues Brews and BBQ Festival - Urbana, IL

Festival website
2009 report:

MDICE TG 22502 "INCIDENT 3" Urbana PD and County Sheriff at the event 6/26/09
Close Call caught 451.800 which is probably the 451.800 (754) audio techs heard last year at the Sweet Corn Festival. No other Close Call hits or definitive radio usage noted.
I would image initial set-up by Urbana Public Works would have been on MDICE TG 22705 "Urbana Public Works" talkgroup although I didn't monitor for that

Taste of Champaign-Urbana - Champaign, IL

2010 confirmed scanner frequencies for the annual Taste of C-U held at Westside Park:

856.7375 (77.0) [repeater] Champaign Park District - Taste of C-U set-up and technical maintenance
158.400 (627 DPL) simplex - Taste of Champaign workers (heard via Close Call).
MDICE TRS INCIDENT 4 TG 22503 used by Champaign PD for the detail on Friday and Saturday.
MDICE TRS PATROL 1 TG 21500 used by Champaign PD for the detail on Sunday.
MDICE TRS ARROW OPS 1 TG 22016 used briefly by Arrow Ambulance for the detail on Sunday.

2009 confirmed scanner frequencies for the annual Taste of C-U held at Westside Park:

856.7375 (77.0) [repeater] Champaign Park District - Taste of C-U set-up/administrative operations (referred to as "ch 3" or "ch 2" in some newer radios)
158.400 (627 DPL) simplex - Taste of Champaign workers (heard via Close Call). Believe these are the Mag One Motorola BPR40 radios that the park district has been observed using. More of these radios were seen at the 2009 event compared to the 800 MHz radios seen at past Taste of Champaigns.
Champaign PD uses the MDICE TRS PATROL 1 TG 21500
Arrow Ambulance had personnel at the event

2008 confirmed scanner frequencies for the annual Taste of C-U held at Westside Park:

856.7375 (67.0) [repeater] Champaign Park District - Taste of C-U operations
Champaign PD uses the MDICE TRS PATROL 1 TG 21500
Arrow Ambulance was at the event. They'd be on 462.975 (179.9) either in simplex or repeater.

2007 confirmed 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

U of I Homecoming Parade - Urbana, IL

Homecoming Parade website
2010

MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" - U of I and Champaign PD
453.775 (131.8) CUMTD buses (great source of info for streets that are closed and where the parade beginning and end is at)
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS

2008

MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" - U of I and Champaign PD
453.775 (131.8) CUMTD buses (great source of info for streets that are closed and where the parade beginning and end is at)
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS (covered both the parade and the pep-rally on the quad)
Champaign TRS TG 16 Public Works (street sweepers)
saw Urbana PW street sweepers but didn't hear anything on their MDICE talkgroups
FRS used by pep-rally personnel

2007

MDICE TRS TG 22503 "INCIDENT 4" - U of I PD
453.525 (118.8) Urbana Public Works (street sweepers)

U of I Move-In Day - Urbana, IL (U of I)

Lots of traffic around U of I as the freshmen move in to the dorms.
2010 confirmed frequencies

MDICE TRS TG 22503 'INCIDENT 4' - UIPD traffic control
453.750 (123.0) University Parking

2008 confirmed frequencies

MDICE TRS TG 22500 'INCIDENT 1' - UIPD traffic control

Possible frequencies

453.600 (173.8) University Housing
MDICE TRS TG 22713 Champaign Parking Enforcement
MDICE TRS TG 22714 Urbana Parking Enforcement
451.450 (DCS131) Illini EMS
453.775 (131.8) CUMTD - for road closure and traffic updates

Champaign Music Festival - Downtown Champaign

-July 9-10, 2010-

Arrow Ambulance on 462.975 (179.9)
CPD on MDICE TRS Patrol 1 TG 21500

E-FEST

Event website - model airplane show held at the U of I Armory

467.650 CSQ

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 (website)
Market-Place Mall map
Identified frequencies:

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
451.30000	456.30000	WPLY605	RM	107.2 PL	MrktPlc Mall	Mall - Security/Maintenance (w/Phone Patch)	FMN	Business
462.91250			M	162.2 PL	MacysSecurty	Macy's: Security	FMN	Business
467.85000		WQAR240	M	203.5 PL	Bergners	Bergners	FMN	Business
467.92500		WPYX853	M	743 DPL	VictoriasSec	Victoria's Secret	FMN	Business
467.22500		WQUN282	M	365 DPL	JC Penney	JC Penney	FMN	Business
468.41250		WQKQ994	M	91.5 PL	DicksFldStrm	Dick's Sporting Goods / Field and Stream	FMN	Business
154.54000		WPOE424	M	74.4 PL	Gap	Gap	FMN	Business
466.03750			M	94.8 PL	Loft	LOFT	FMN	Business
467.92500		WQCU374	M	412 DPL	Sephora	Sephora	FMN	Business
464.56250			M	203.5 PL	Aeropostale	Aeropostale	FMN	Business
461.06250			M	632 DPL	BathBodyWrks	Bath and Body Works	FMN	Business
467.76250			M	67.0 PL	AmEglOutftr	American Eagle Outfitters	FMN	Business
467.90000		WQLP964	M	118.8 PL	Express	Express	FMN	Business
154.60000			M	CSQ	Finish Line	Finish Line	FMN	Business
467.87500		WPYX853	M	743 DPL	Pink	Pink	FMN	Business

Unidentified frequencies:

467.7125 ??? (found via CloseCall)
467.7625 (67.0) (found via Close Call near Abercrombie & Fitch, unknown store. Also, was heard by Sears and LOFT parking lot. Could be American Eagle Outfitters based on location in mall. FYI - This freq/tone is used by Chili's on N Prospect.)
467.8125 (77.0) (noted near the mall.)
467.850 (71.9) (found via Close Call, unknown store) Could be American Eagle Outfitters based on the PL tone that is common for that store or possibly Limited
467.850 (79.7) (was heard by Sears and LOFT parking lot.)
467.900 (118.8) (found via Close Call walking from Express to Banana Republic.) Possibly Express or Limited

Note: American Eagle Outfitter, The Limited and Express all use radios (unknown freqs/tones).

North Prospect/Neil Street Stores and Restaurants

Bed, Bath and Beyond - Champaign, IL

467.925 (67.0) strong evidence this is Bed Bath and Beyond
They carry Motorola CLS radios but I've never seen them transmit so I don't know what freq they use but presumably they'd use UHF.

The following have been heard in their parking lot:

464.550 (67.0) was also heard in Bed Bath and Beyond parking lot

Best Buy - Champaign, IL

467.925 DCS506
467.900 DCS743

Beverly Cinema Theater - Champaign, IL

464.550 (67.0) used XU2100 Motorola XTN series radios (reportedly no longer used Oct. 2008 Source)

Borders - Champaign, IL

467.875 DCS432

Chili's Bar & Grill - Champaign, IL

467.7625 (67.0)

Dicks Sporting Goods - Champaign, IL

467.875 (94.8)

Factory Card & Party Outlet

461.1875 (77.0) - Motorola CLS radios

Gordmans - Champaign, IL

467.3625 DCS413

Home Depot - Champaign, IL

467.7625 DCS065 - main
467.8500 DCS331 - alternate

Kohl's - Champaign, IL

467.850 DCS023 heard in the area...listed as Kohl's in other cities
no radios observed in use although they have an expired license WPPT932 for 463.625.

Meijer - Champaign, IL

Meijer uses some kind of radio/telephone intercom system with handhelds that look like phones. The phone/radios look like those carried by U of I maintenance staff.
Meijer holds FCC license WPUG614 for statewide use in Illinois on the following frequencies:
- 467.850
- 467.875
- 467.900

Menards - Champaign, IL

466.0375 DCS025
~~154.570 71.9 PL~~ -- no longer used Oct 2010

Michaels - Champaign, IL

467.850 DCS532

Office Depot - Champaign, IL

467.900 DCS131

Old Chicago - Champaign, IL

467.925 (67.0)

Old Navy - Champaign, IL

151.955 (74.4) NO LONGER USED - 6/19/07
467.850 DCS047 NEW CHANNEL

Sam's Club - Champaign, IL

154.600 (77.0)

Target - Champaign, IL

467.750 DCS115 Target ch1
467.775 DCS072 Target ch2
467.925 DCS155 Target ch3
467.900 DCS205 Target ch4

TJ Maxx - Champaign, IL

467.875 (100.0)

Toys R Us - Champaign, IL

467.8500 DCS251 *NEW* Nov. 2008 - (Note: formerly used 154.600 (94.8))

Wal-Mart - Champaign, IL

154.600 (CSQ) (Note: Formerly used 151.955 CSQ)

Note: ~~They use Motorola XTN radios on channel 1.~~ As of 2010, they now use Motorola RDX series radios.

Other Stores

Wal-Mart - Savoy, IL

154.570 CSQ

Wal-Mart - Urbana, IL

154.570 CSQ

Lincoln Square Mall - Urbana, IL

Expired license KB29889 was for 469.925. They still have UHF handhelds but there is so little activity there I've never heard their frequency.

Savoy 16 Theater - Savoy, IL

464.375 DCS115 (main operations)
464.500 DCS115 (alternate operations)

Champaign-Urbana

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Contents

SCANNING IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

Champaign County Scanner - Quick Reference

MDICE - METCAD DIGITAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

Implementation Timeline

System Frequencies and Talkgroups

Champaign PD

Champaign Fire

Urbana PD

Urbana Fire

Medical

Arrow Ambulance

PRO Ambulance

Carle Foundation Hospital

Provena Covenant Hospital

U of I - Illini Emergency Medical Service

Champaign County Sheriff's Department

Champaign County EMA (severe weather spotting)

University of Illinois

Parkland College

Illinois State Police

Snow Plow Frequencies

Events

University of Illinois Fighting Illini Football and Basketball games

IHSA Football - Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

Illinois Marathon

Fourth of July Fireworks

Unofficial St. Patrick's Day - U of I

Champaign Christmas Parade

Champaign County Fair

Sweetcorn Festival - Urbana, IL

Blues Brews and BBQ Festival - Urbana, IL

Taste of Champaign-Urbana - Champaign, IL

U of I Homecoming Parade - Urbana, IL

U of I Move-In Day - Urbana, IL (U of I)

Champaign Music Festival - Downtown Champaign

E-FEST

Stores

Related Links

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