Taste of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Scanner information regarding the annual Taste of Chicago food festival held around Independence Day. Over 3 million people attend the event every year making it a prime scanner atmosphere.

The CARMA Chicago Yahoo!Group is the best source regarding scanner monitoring in and around Chicago. Scanner listeners planning to attend the event or monitor it should check the CARMA group for the latest Taste of Chicago frequency information each year.

2007 Frequencies

• Ted Moran's excellent 2007 Taste of Chicago frequency report
• Starcom21 TRS TG 30334 was also mentioned being heard used in 2007 (source)
• City of Chicago TRS Marine Units reportedly use this system while police and fire at the event still use their conventional frequencies

Also consider monitoring 477.5125 in P25 mode which has been used by EMS during the Taste of Chicago