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Illinois
State Police Academy 3700
East Lake Shore Drive Springfield, IL
62707-8639 217-786-7057 |
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State Police Air Operations Bureau |
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1100 North
Airport Drive, Springfield, IL, 62707 (217) 782-2206
West Chicago
Unit @ Dupage Airport (630) 584-3563 (1-800-AIRCOP1)
Carbondale Unit
@ Carbondale Airport (618) 529-5171
Sterling/Whiteside
County (begin operations in Fall 2000)
Currently has a
fleet of 5 single engine airplanes and 1 twin-engine airplane.
Used for airspeed checks, photography, manhunts, surveillances,
marijuana eradication, executive and prisoner
transportation. Units - N661SP, N551SP, N4131Q |
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on it (probably Effingham interstate), as well as
"X-Ray-Ida" units (Distict 10 DCI), and drug eradication
flights. Note that there are also LOTS of other companies on
the freq, such as "Delta Airlines", "Chicago",
and "Comair", so it's not just used by the state police.] |
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Terms
used on-air by District 11
3-I's-Intersection
of Interstates 55, 70 and 270 near Troy, IL
EPV-Emergency
Patrol Vehicle (IDOT) on road.... tow trucks with equipments for
quick repairs, jump starts, tire repairs
East
Scale-on I-64 near O'Fallon IL (exit 22) (eastbound lane, south side
of road)
West
Scale on I-55/65/70-a few miles west of Collinsville (westbound
lane, north side of road)
Crash
Report-Accident Report
Crash
Number-Accident referral number
Mile
Marker/Mile Post -
Seat
Belt Patrol -
Second
DIvision-heard 11-51 say @ Maryville Scale
Slumper
- Person passed out in car (at the wheel)
WatchDog-
"How much time would you like" (Probably when dispatch
wants to know how much time should I wait before I do a status check
on you ... while on traffic stop)
Detail-
Special
Detail
Fatal
Detail-
10-41FM
(used by 7F14) FM stands for Fire Marshall ????
Post
11-3 ???
ISPERN
Terms
Vehicular
Hijacking
Attempt
to Locate
Incident
Dispositions
Assist(ed)
Motorist- (or Motorist Assisted)
Equipment
Maintenance (Gasoline)
Holiday
Patrol-Usually on interstate watching for speeders and seat-belts.....
Interstate
Patrol- (or Patrol Interstate)
In-transit-en
route, 10-76
Investigative
Duties - 10-41 (heard O-164 black male 10-41 Spfld)
Patrol-Miscellaneous
Personal
Time (at residence 9-54)
Second
DIvision Duites (Heard by 12-75 to Coll on 155.46 3/28/01)
Supervisory
Investigations (heard by 11I8)
Supervisory
Patrol
Supervisory
Standby
Time
Earned- (then gives amount of time with id approval)
TIPS-505c
2 hours taken (said when 402)
Ida-5081
for ???
Traffic Stops
When making traffic stops, ALL
deputies are to report traffic stops over the radio. (even if
they have MDT's) Then after 5 minutes the dispatcher will check
on them. If every thing is OK then every 15 minutes after
that. If not OK, a page alert tone is sent out and the nearest
officer are requested to respond. If officer reports back that
everything is OK, then you will here "18-30 reports situation
secure..... KYW825" If officer is under a DUI TIPS
code, then dispatcher may not call back to check as to not interfere
with field sobriety testing. (Officers may also ask for
Speed Enforcement
RADAR, LASAR, LASIR, Airplane
"EPV
5" IDOT is state trooper truck has red light in strobe too
Department of
Natural Rescources
10/20/00 - New central headquarters
being built at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Should be
completed this summer.
-524 South 2nd Street
-District 4? HQ- North Grand
State Terrorism Intelligence
Center, or STIC, operated by the Illinois State Police, along with
other state, federal and local law enforcement agencies.
“It’s a center that’s running 24/7 with a main purpose
of assisting law enforcement in identifying suspicious activity that
could be of a terrorist nature,” operating since May
14. One sworn state police officer and two analysts staff
the center around the clock. Officers from any law enforcement agency
in Illinois can contact them when they stop drivers whom they suspect
might have terrorist motives.
ILLINOIS, STATE OF 531 SANGAMON
AVESPRINGFIELD
IL 62702
Callsign: WNYA380Radio Service:
PW-Conventional Public Safety
PoolAction: RENEWAL 7/03
1 TEMP FIXED
IL 2 MOBILE IL
1
FBT
2458.25000 001 A
1
FBT
2474.75000 001 A
1
FBT
2475.25000 001 A
2
MO
2458.25000 001 A
2
MO
2474.75000 001 A
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2475.25000 001 A
ISP
State Unit Designators
DCFS
Department of Children and Family Services
IDOT
Illinois Department of Transportation
SA
State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor
"A"
Units- ISP Administrative & Education Units (Command Center) or
Administrative Officers (including Pilots)
"AF"
Adam Frank Units - ISP?
AG
Illinois Department of Agriculture Police
ATF
Illinois Department of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms personnel
ATG
Illinois Attorney General Investigators
(Heard
155.055 Madison County)
"AV"
Adam Victor Units - ISP? (Anti-Violence?) East St. Louis?
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Boy Units - ISP District
Equipment Officers |
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"Car"
(Units used for
training at ISP Academy in Springfield? Just has digits on an ISP Plate) |
Car "74" |
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"C"
Charles Units - District Chicago/Division of Forensic Sciences |
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Central Management Services (CMS) |
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DA -
Illinois State Fire Marshall (Arson Investigators)
(Vehicles
marked as "FM") |
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Illinois State Fire Marshall
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PW |
WPDS833 |
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25 |
FB2- |
not heard (153.755
Macoupin Co Sheriff Extenders) |
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"D"
David Units - Division
of Adminstration
"E"
Edward Units - Executive Security (Govenor, etc.)
"F"
Frank Units (Crime
Scene Services)
"F"
Frank Units - Illinois Conservation Police (Illinois Department of
Natural Rescouces
IDNR)
"FA"
Units - unknown
FB - Frank
Boy Units - Conservation
Police Boats
"FM"
Units - Illinois State Fire Marshall (?)
may not be (aslo see DA units above)
"G"
Units - Gang Enforcement Units
"G"
GeorgeUnits - "Govenors" & Other State Execs (Command
Center Springfield)
"H"
Henry Units - Department
of Transportation Helicopters (single digits)
H-3
(155.46 Spfld)(45.44 103.5pL IEMA Helicopters)
H-5
(155.34 no pL, heard Nilwood)
H-7
(45.44 103.5pL IEMA Helicopters)
H-9
(155.34) Helicopter Ambulance (155.34 103.5pL to St. Johns)
(45.44 Splfd)
"H"
Henry Units - Department
of Transportation Vehicle (double digits)
H-20
(155.46 Spfld) 301 first
H-23
(155.46 Spfld) 503, 450
H-27
(155.46 Spfld) 302 first
H-42
(155.46 Spfld lives near Chatham 402 @ 5:30pm)(heard in transit to
district Chicago)
H-45
(155.46 Coll heard female 7/3/01)
H-47
(155.46 Spfld)
H-51
(155.46 Spfld)
H-52
(154.665 Coll)(155.46 Spfld was 637, 604 first)
H-66
(42.44 Litchfield) 1/17/02
25H6
(155.46 Spfld)
H-520
(42.5/155.505 hd Edw - maybe had to do with portable weight scales)
(155.46 Coll 3/28/01)
H-529
(" ")
"I"
Ida Units - ISP
Department of Criminal Investigation
SCIDTF-South
Central
Illinois Drug Task Force (Districts 11 and 18)
CIEG-Central
Illinois Enforcement Group - Sangamon, Christian.....
"IC"
Ida Charles Units - Illinois Commerce
Commission Police
(ICC)
"J"
John Units - Secretary
of State Police
JX
- SOS Investigators (never
heard)
"K","KX"
- Department of Corrections (heard???)
"KM"
- Kankakee area MEG Units
"L"
Lincoln Units - Aviation Units (often
heard 42.5 with district cars on "Air Speed" checks)"L"
"L"?
Lincoln Units
- Crime Scene Services (Division of Forensic Sciences) (L-Lab)
AFIS-Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (IL)
CODIS-National Combined DNA Index
System (FBI's DNA test results)
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Deputy
Directors Office
Bureau of C.S.S.
Forensic
Sciences Command
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MetroEast Laboratory |
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Forensic
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Laboratory |
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"K"/"KX"
King Units - Illinois Department of Corrections officers
"K-9"
Units - Police/Dog Units
(Mixed in with corresponding district units)
"M"
Mary Units - Municipal
Units (Dispatched
by some ISP Districts)
"MB"
Units - Merit Board
"MC"
Units - Southern
Illinois Enforcement Units (Carbondale Area)
"MD"
Units - Vermillion County MEG Units (Danville Area)
"MF"
Units - SouthWest Enforcement Group Units (Wood River Area)
"MG"
Units - NorthEastern Enforcement Group Units (Cook County Area)
"MJ"
Units - Metro Area Narcotics Squad Units (Joliet Area)
"MP"
Units - Multi-County Enforcement Group (Peoria Area)
"MP50"
- Marine Patrol Boat - Lake Michigan
"ML"
Units - North Shore MEG Units (Lake County)
"MR"
Units - Quad Cities MEG Units (Rock Island Area)
"MX"
Units - DuMEG Units (Peoria County)
"MO"
Units - District 15 Tollway Money Wagons
MP
Units (Motorcycle Patrol Force)
"N"
Nora Units - Division of Internal Investigations
NG - National Guard
"NS"
Nora
Sam
- Department of Nuclear Safety
Units
"O"
Ocean Units -
Miscellaneous Units (including NATB personnel)
"P"
Units - ISP Air Units
"R"
Robert
Units - District Radio/Communications
Officers
"S"
Sam Units (PIO-Public Information Officer) (District Safety
Information Officer)
"SC"
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District Scale
Units (Interstate Weigh
Scales)
"T"
Tom Units -
Training Instructors (ISP Academy)
TC-Department
of Telecommunications
TF-Drug
Enforcement Task Force
"U"
Units - University Securtiy
"UX"
Units - U of I Springfield Police
"V"
Units - District Vehicle Investigation Bureau (Vehicle
Identication Officers)
"VI"
Units - Vehicle Inspection Station Officers
"X"
X-Ray Units - District 10 units (because
they can not use "10" because like 10 codes) See District
10
"Y"
Young Units - Illinois Department of Revenue Investigators
"Z"
Zebra Units (State Police Administrators)
--Some
of this
information provided by Rich Carlson's book, Illinois Communications
Guide (1993-Scanner Master)
Mobile
Extenders (this is the California Highway Patrol version, may
be about the same?)
F1: 155.505 with
the primary tone. (NOTE 1)
F2: 155.505 1st
alternate tone
F3: 155.505 2nd
alternate tone
F4: ?
F5: ?
F6: ?
F7: 155.475 ?
Note 1: With the old hand-helds
there was no way that two units from different areas (i.e. different
dispatch frequencies) could have their extenders operational at an
out-of-vehicle scene -- when an officer transmitted, both mobiles
would be brought up. The receiver of the extender has an
attenuator making a low wattage HT usable for only a short distance
(typically less than 50yds). To make sure there is only
one extender being used within close proximity each vehicle extender
sends a short burst tone to see if others are active. If it is
within range of another active extender it doesn't turn on at
all. The HT is then using the other vehicle radio (the
one that was already turned on).
Now for the PL explanation.
There are three channels on CHP HT's that relate directly to the
extender. Channel 1 (also called PP or Person to Person) does
not transmit any tone nor does it decode. It is meant for
HT to HT use. Channel 2 has a subaudible tone on transmit
allowing the officer to talk to dispatch. (ie, transmits on the input
freq of the lowband radio) Channel 3 has a different subaudible
tone on transmit allowing the officer to talk to other
officers. (ie, transmits on the output of the lowband radio) All
channels are carrier squelch on the receive so that PP can be heard
regardless of other traffic.
ILLINOIS, STATE OF
120 S RIVERSIDE PLZ STE 1016
CHICAGO
IL 60606
Callsign: WNXS419
Radio Service: GP-CONV. PUB. SAFETY/SPECIAL EMERG.
Action: RENEWAL 1/03
1 FIXED 401010.1N
881756.2W CHAMPAIGN CHAMPAIGN IL
2 FIXED 395427.1N
881657.2W PESOTUM CHAMPAIGN IL
3 FIXED 404638.1N
894525.4W BRIMFIELD PEORIA IL
4 FIXED 404347.1N
893317.3W PEORIA PEORIA IL
5 FIXED 403211.1N
893057.4W TREMONT TAZEWELL IL
6 FIXED 405424.1N
901557.4W KNOXVILLE KNOX IL
7 MOBILE
CHAMPAIGN IL 80.5 KMRA around a centerpoint
8 MOBILE 112.7 KMRA
around site
1
FB
857.73750 045 D
2
FB
857.73750 045 D
3
FB
857.73750 075 D
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FB
857.73750 075 D
5
FB
857.73750 075 D
6
FB
857.73750 075 D
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MO
812.73750 025 D
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MO
812.73750 025 D
ILLINOIS, STATE OF 120 S RIVERSIDE
PLZ STE 1016 CHICAGO
IL 60606
Callsign: WPKP764 Radio Service:
GF-CONV PUBLIC SAFETY/SPEC EMERG NAT
PLAction: RENEWAL 6/03
APPLICANT IS A STATE OF ILLINOIS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
MOBILE DATA TERMINAL NETWORK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
AGENCIES IN ILLINOIS, AND SEEKS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE SYSTEM IN
THE ILLINOIS C
1 FIXED 415153.1N
875313.2W HILLSIDE COOK IL
2 FIXED 415624.1N
874119.2W CHICAGO COOK IL
3 FIXED 414823.1N
884635.3W MC GIRR DE KALB IL
4 FIXED 414747.1N
881835.3W AURORA KANE IL
5 FIXED 414222.1N
873758.2W CHICAGO COOK IL
6 FIXED 414613.1N
087495.2W BEDFORD PARK COOK IL
1
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866.48750 075 D
2
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866.36250 035 D
3
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866.91250 075 D
4
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867.86250 075 D
5
FB
866.91250 050 D
6
FB
866.86250 075 D
1034G IS ATTACHED FOR A002844 DATED
2/14/97. REGION #54 [G1]
MISC
& STATEWIDE FREQUENCIES:
27.065
CB CHNL 09
27.185
CB CHNL 19
39.46
COUNTY AID
39.50
SHERIFFS NET
39.80
SOS MOBILES
42.50
LF2 STATEWIDE
42.76
SOS BASES
45.16
IEMA MOBS
45.28
IEMA LOCAL
45.36
LESIRN ESDA
45.40
IEMA LOCAL
45.44
IEMA S/W
121.500
AERO EMER
122.975
ISP AERO
123.050
COPTER CTAF
145.770
CARMA SMPX
146.520
HAM SIMPLEX
151.160
DCI & EPU M/X
151.250
SOS / DNR
151.280
SOS / DNR
151.445
SOS / DNR
153.755
FIRE MARSHAL
154.650
DCI LOCAL/D15
154.710
EXECUTIVE
154.905
DCI DISPATCH
154.950
DCI CAR TO CAR
155.025
ESMARN / ESDA
155.055
IREACH
155.160
MERCI 160 MEDICAL
155.220
MERCI 220 MEDICAL
155.280
MERCI 280 MEDICAL
155.340
MERCI 340 MEDICAL
155.370
POINT AID INTERSYSTEMS (POLICE)
155.400
MERCI 400 MEDICAL (NORTHERN IL)
155.445
ISP COMMAND CENTER / SPRINGFIELD
155.460
ISP HF4 ALTERNATE VHF AND CAR TO CAR
155.475
IL STATE POLICE EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK (ISPERN)
155.505
IL STATE POLICE MOBILE EXTENDERS AND UNIT TO UNIT
155.925
DEPT NUCLEAR SAFETY / SECTY STATE / STATE REVENUE / MISC
156.000
DCI LOCAL ENFORCEMENT SIMPLEX
158.955
IL STATE POLICE PAGING
161.205
RAILROAD POLICE COMMON AID CHANNEL
446.000
AMATEUR RADIO SIMPLEX CALLING UHF
453.875
STATE AGENCY REPEATERS STATEWIDE (MENTAL HEALTH, CORRECTIONS, CMS, ETC)
453.900
IL STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS POLICE DEPTS STATEWIDE
462.675
REACT STATEWIDE
Here
are the new Illinois Emergency Interoperability Communications
System
(IEICS) statewide Operations Plan (SOP) frequencies.
No
PL and analog only operations are allowed on the Calling Channels
while
the PL of 156.7 Hz. (5A) is allowed under certain circumstances
on
the Operations channels. Also, digital operations are allowed on
the
Operations Channels after 2004 under certain circumstances.
IEMA
controls these frequencies in Illinois. They will be authorized
for
use in multi-agency situations only, not as intra-agency
communications
channels. The VHF channels are simplex only while low
power
temporary repeaters may be authorized on the UHF channels.
Simplex
on the 453 side of the UHF is allowed and encouraged.
V-Call
155.7525
V-Tac
1151.1375
V-Tac
2154.4525
V-Tac
3158.7375
V-Tac
4159.4725
U-Call
453.2125 (458.2125)
U-Tac
1453.4625 (458.4625)
U-Tac
2453.7125 (458.7125)
U-Tac
3453.8625 (458.8625)
Other
channels in the master plan include:
IREACH
155.0550
ESMARN
155.0250
ISPERN
155.4750
IFERN
154.2650
IFERN2
154.3025
RED
FG 153.8300
WHITE
FG 154.2800
BLUE
FG 154.2950
GOLD
FG 153.8375
BLACK
FG 154.2725
GRAY
FG 154.2875
GREEN
FG 150.7900 (Informal)
No
PL is to be used on any of these channels.
Also
to be considered are the ITAC channels. Although they do not
appear
in the IEMA plan they are set up in a similar way. All the
below
use a PL of 156.7 Hz nationwide and are controlled by the state
designated
law enforcement agency in each state. In Illinois the
control
agency is the ISP.
I-Call866.0125(821.0125)
ITAC
1866.5125(821.5125)
ITAC
2867.0125(822.0125)
ITAC
3867.5125(822.5125)
ITAC
4868.0125(823.0125)
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(458.2125
453.4625
(458.4625)
453.7125
(458.7125)
453.8625
(458.8625) |
[Unknown
exact use at this time... may be used to connect to new (coming)
statewide trunked system] |
PW |
WPYM727
Iss: 9/03 |
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(all freq) |
FB2T
50-50wt
(each 3.)
FX1T
50-50wt
(each 8.) |
APPLICANT IS A
STATE GOVERNMENT. RADIOS WILL BE USED TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY
ENTITIES. New statewide "temporary" repeaters & bases. |
6/30/03 |
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154.4525
154.7525
158.7375
159.4725 |
FBT-50wt
each |
1000-100wt
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STATEWIDE CHANNEL PLAN:
LF1 LOWBAND DISP
PAIR
HF1 ISPERN - 155.475
LF2 STATEWIDE
42.50
HF2 DISTRICT UTILITY
LF3 ALTERNATE
DISPATCH
HF3 IREACH - 155.055
LF4
VARIES
HF4 STATEWIDE - 155.460
LF5
VARIES
HF5 UNIT-UNIT - 155.505 |
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821.5125
822.0125
822.5125
823.0125 |
[NPSPAC Channels] |
GF |
PL2 11/02
0001095904 |
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15000-50wt
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16K0F1D
& 16K0F3E |
11/27/02 |
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NATIONAL
PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE |
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DNR ICP |
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39.06 |
ISP DCI-Narcotics
No License, seen on freq list in
Coles County |
Reported -hear encryption(similar
to the sound of buzzing locusts, I don't know what the type/protcol
is.)and when someone keys up the mic once in a while, the sound
changes for the duration of the transmision. Could it be a
repeater? The encrypted sound is constant, and people seem to
transmit right through the noise, and no weak signals, so it could be a
repeater, unknown input. |
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LF-2 Statewide
Weather Alerts |
PP |
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141.3? |
seems to be
136.5 on all districts all comms now |
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10/27/01 |
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Executive
Security |
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151.16
(159.42) |
ISP Suitcase Repeater |
PP |
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not heard in Edw |
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12/17/01 |
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151.16 |
DCI Mobile Extenders |
PP |
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110.9pL |
? not heard
in Edw |
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12/17/01 |
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151.25
(159.42) |
SOS
Police repeaters
Southern
Illinois? |
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151.4pL
(146.2pL) |
repeater (input)
(different tones) |
2/19/01 |
|
151.28
(159.3) |
DNR ICP repeaters
Southern Illinois |
|
|
|
|
210.7pL |
159.3 input |
|
|
151.445
(159.375) |
DNR ICP repeaters
Northern Illinois |
|
|
|
|
|
159.375 input |
|
|
154.65 |
Car-to-Car
heard
"J" unit to units Springfield |
|
|
|
|
110.9pL |
|
|
|
154.845 |
Statewide? mobiles |
|
KA5825 |
|
|
|
|
5/10/01 |
|
154.71 |
ISP -
Govenor's Security |
|
|
base |
mob |
110.9pL |
units 3, 91, 99
Heard Spfld
107.2 hd spfld |
2/19/01 |
|
Classified |
MEGSI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/18/02 |
|
154.905 |
DCI HF-2 Zone Office |
|
|
|
|
110.9pL |
|
|
|
154.92 |
DCI |
|
|
|
|
|
110.9pl on some |
|
|
Classified |
MEGSI Multi-County Enforcement Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5/10/01 |
|
Classified |
DCI HF-3 Surveillence
(Has
scrambled/hard squelch at times) heard "3" |
|
|
|
|
110.9pL |
(heard 55/70 D11)
(heard something by Fairmount City) |
-
5/9/02 |
|
155.025 |
ESMARN -
Emergency Service Mutual Aid Radio Network |
|
154.265 |
IFERN - Illinois Fire Emergency
Radio Network (S/W Mutual Aid) (not available to most ISP agencies) |
|
155.445 |
Statewide? mobiles
Mulit-County Enforcement Group |
|
KA5825 |
|
|
|
|
5/10/01 |
|
155.475 |
HF-1
ISPERN - Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network |
PP |
KN3600
Iss: 7/14/86 |
|
8000-110wt
700veh
990port
10aircraft |
|
available for
statewide use by all police agencies
*167.9pL on
some d9 9/03 |
2/28/01
4/12/01 |
|
155.055 |
HF-3
IREACH - Illinois Radio Emergency Aid CHannel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155.46 |
HF-4 District-to-District
(Also
District 18 dispatch) |
PP |
|
|
|
none |
|
|
|
155.37 |
HF-5 Point-to-Point
Communication
between ISP Districts/Local PDs |
PP |
|
|
|
|
not used in
Metro Area |
|
|
155.505
(155.505) |
HF-6
Mobile Extenders
Illinois
State Police
[Vehicular
Repeaters] |
PW |
KA5825
Iss: 4/85 |
|
3000-4.5wt
500pagers
12aircraft |
input
tone
only |
these are not
definate, some tones may have been "rx" that varied on the receiver |
6/4/02 |
|
District 11 units
District 18
units (-10,-35)
District 19 units
SOS Polce
(heard 3J33)
Illinois
Conservation Police
Illinois
Conservation Police (4F35)
(heard in Edwardsville)
(heard in Edwardsville) |
136.5pL
110.9pL
110.9pL
131.8pL
127.3pL
118.8pL
210.7pL
123.0pL |
|
156.00 |
DCI/Metro |
|
|
|
|
110.9pL |
|
|
|
|
Conservation Region 4 Springfield |
PO |
KA2864 |
|
1250
10air
50maritime
250port
1000veh |
25pagers |
|
|
|
172.275 |
DNR LE VRS |
PO |
WPIW484 |
|
5wt |
MO3 5wt |
|
|
|
158.955 |
ISP Paging |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/24/03 |
|
|
Illinois
State of
CMS Statewide |
|
KR5616 |
|
|
|
statewide mobile |
|
|
|
Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority |
|
WPHY365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ILLINOIS, STATE OF 120 S RIVERSIDE
PLZ STE 1016 CHICAGO
IL 60606
Callsign: WPKP764 Radio Service:
GF-CONV PUBLIC SAFETY/SPEC EMERG NAT PL
Action: AUTHORIZATION PRINTED
CORRECTED 7/03
APPLICANT IS A STATE OF ILLINOIS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
MOBILE DATA TERMINAL NETWORK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
AGENCIES IN ILLINOIS, AND SEEKS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE SYSTEM IN
THE ILLINOIS C
1 FIXED 415153.1N
875313.2W HILLSIDE COOK IL
2 FIXED 415624.1N
874119.2W CHICAGO COOK IL
3 FIXED 414823.1N
884635.3W MC GIRR DE KALB IL
4 FIXED 414747.1N
881835.3W AURORA KANE IL
5 FIXED 414222.1N
873758.2W CHICAGO COOK IL
6 FIXED 414613.1N
087495.2W BEDFORD PARK COOK IL
1
FB
866.48750 075 D
2
FB
866.36250 035 D
3
FB
866.91250 075 D
4
FB
867.86250 075 D
5
FB
866.91250 050 D
6
FB
866.86250 075 D
1034G IS ATTACHED FOR A002844 DATED
2/14/97. REGION #54 [G1] |
|
Command
Center - Springfield
I-55
N Exit 88 @ State Police Academy |
|
154.935 |
District 9 Dispatch |
|
|
|
|
no pL |
|
|
|
154.935 |
|
|
|
|
|
110.9pL |
|
|
|
155.445 |
Dispatch |
|
|
|
|
no pL |
|
|
|
154.445 |
heard
I-50 close to chatham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District 1 - Sterling |
|
3107
E. Linconlway |
61081 |
|
|
On
IL-2 east side of town |
|
|
42.52 |
LF1 |
PP |
KSA774 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
42.72 |
LF1
Mobile |
PP |
KSA774 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
|
ISP
District 2 - Elgin |
|
777
S. State |
60123 |
|
|
On
IL-31 across from Elgin State Hospital |
|
|
42.62 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSB233 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
42.68 |
LF-1
Mobiles |
PP |
KSB233 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.695 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSB233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
Districts 3/4 - Chicago (Expressway)
District 3 - Chicago |
|
9511
W. Harrison |
60016 |
|
|
"Des
Plaines" in Maine North Complex |
|
|
42.56 |
Dispatch
? Des Plaines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
District
4 - Crestwood |
|
|
|
|
|
District
Chicago Map |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP District
5 - "Joliet" |
|
16648
S. Broadway |
60441 |
|
|
"Romeoville/Lockport"
next to Statesville Prison |
|
|
42.6 |
LF-1
Base |
PP |
KSB230 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
42.8 |
LF-1
mobile |
PP |
KSB230 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.92 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSB230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District
6 - Pontiac |
|
US
Hwy 66 West |
61764 |
|
|
South
of town on old US-66 |
|
|
42.52 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSA776 |
|
|
114.8pL |
|
|
|
42.72 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
KSA776 |
|
|
114.8pL |
|
|
|
44.66 |
LF-3 |
PP |
KSA776 |
|
|
114.8pL |
|
|
|
154.68 |
HF-1
??? |
|
|
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District
7 - East Moline |
|
800
Hillcrest Rd. |
|
|
|
"Rock
Island"
on grounds of state hospital |
|
|
42.34 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSB229 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
42.84 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
KSB229 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
42.66 |
LF-3 |
PP |
KSB229 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.845 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSB229 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District
8 - "Peoria" |
|
IL-116
East |
61548 |
|
|
In
Metamora |
|
|
42.36 |
LF-1/mobiles |
PP |
KSB228 |
|
|
141.3pL |
usually
car to base? |
|
|
155.52 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSB228 |
|
|
|
base
to mobiles? |
-
5/10/01 |
|
155.445
154.92 |
Mulit-County
Enforcement Group |
|
KA5825 |
|
|
|
(Tri County?) |
5/10/01 |
|
154.695
154.905
155.46 |
ISP
D8 PMRS |
PW |
KWK444
Ren:
4/01 |
|
|
|
|
4/12/01 |
|
460.6
462.225 |
ISP
Metamora
ISP
Eureka |
|
|
|
|
|
??? |
5/10/01 |
ISP
District 9 -Springfield
ISP
District 10 - Pesotum ["X-Ray"
Units - (Designated as "X" because "10" would
sound like 10 codes)]
|
|
District
10 - Pesotum |
|
US-45
South |
61863 |
|
|
at
I-57 |
|
|
42.54 |
LF-1/mobiles |
PP |
KSA464 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.695 |
HF-2
(Desoto) |
PP |
KSA464 |
|
|
|
heard
in Spfld 10/1/01
Heard
in Staunton 10/9/01 |
|
|
155.475 |
ISPERN
"State
Police - DeSoto" |
PP |
KSA464 |
|
|
|
heard
in Edw (3/21/01)
heard
in GlenC (12/26/02) |
3/21/01 |
ISP
District 11 - Collinsville
ISP
District 12 - Effingham
155.370 is Indiana State Police
Mutual Aid, ISP Dist 12, Effingham uses it to communicate DUI and
warrant type information with them.
|
|
District
12 - Effingham |
|
400
Industrial Avenue |
62401 |
|
|
on
US45 in state office complex |
|
|
42.52 |
[LF-1
Dispatch-base] |
PP |
KSB236 |
|
|
127.3pL |
|
|
|
42.72 |
[LF-1
Dispatch-mobiles] |
PP |
KSB236 |
|
|
127.3pL |
|
|
|
44.66 |
[LF-3] |
PP |
KSB236 |
|
|
127.3pL |
|
|
|
154.68 |
[HighBand
Dispatch] |
PP |
|
|
|
110.9pL |
heard
in Litchfield |
|
|
154.905 |
[DCI] |
PP |
KSB236 |
|
|
|
heard
in Edwardsville |
|
|
155.37 |
[Point-to-Point]
[Indiana SP Mutual Aid] |
PW |
|
|
|
|
|
5/12/02 |
ISP
District 13 - DuQuoin
ILLINOIS, STATE OF 531
SANGAMON AVE SPRINGFIELD
IL 62702
Callsign: KSB234 Radio
Service: PW-Conventional Public Safety Pool
APPLICANT IS AN OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY EMPOWERED BY LAW TO PROVIDED POLICE PROTECTION TO
THE CITIZENS OF IL.
RADIOS WILL BE USED FOR
COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL TO OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES
1 FIXED 037595.2N
089145.3W DU QUOIN PERRY IL
1
FB
154.68000 330 A
1
FB
154.90500 330 A
1
FB
154.93500 330 A
1
FB
155.05500 330 A
1
FB
155.37000 330 A
1
FB
155.46000 330 A
1
FB
155.47500 330 A
1
FB
039.46000 110 A
1
FB
042.50000 300 A
1
FB
042.56000 300 A
1
FB
042.60000 300 A
|
|
District
13 - DuQuoin |
|
US-51
South |
62832 |
|
|
Across
from State Fairgrounds |
|
|
42.6 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSB234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
42.68 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
KSB234 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
-
11/13/01 |
|
155.475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
heard in Litchfield |
|
|
154.935 |
Dispatch |
|
|
|
|
241.7pL
159.8pL |
|
|
|
155.055 |
heard
in Edwardsville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155.46 |
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
heard in Edwardsville |
|
|
|
|
|
with X-20 |
|
ISP
District 14 - Macomb
|
|
District
14 - Macomb |
|
1600
N. LaFayette |
61455 |
|
|
North
end of town on US-67 |
|
|
42.6 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSA775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
42.68 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
KSA775 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.68 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSA775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
District
15 - Downer's Grove |
|
1
Authority Drive |
60515 |
|
|
In
Tollway Complex, in Lisle Township |
|
|
|
District
15 - ? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DISTRICT
15 POLICE VHF MOBILE RADIOS:
A1
155.475ISPERN B1 155.475ISPERN
A2
154.695DIST 2 B2 154.950CAR-CAR
A3
154.935DIST 3 B3 154.665CAR-CAR
A4
154.680DIST 4 B4 154.650CAR-CAR
A5
154.920DIST 5 B5 155.055IREACH
A6
155.520DIST 16 B6 155.445CAR-CAR
A7
155.460HF4 B7 155.460HF4
A8
155.925CAR-CAR B8 155.925CAR-CAR |
ISP
District 16 - Rockford
|
|
District
16 - "Rockford" |
|
16540
W US-20 |
61063 |
|
|
On
US-20 in Pecatonica |
|
|
42.44 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSF947 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
42.7 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
KSF947 |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
155.52 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSF947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District 17 - LaSalle
|
|
District
17 - LaSalle |
|
IL-351
North |
61301 |
|
|
North
of town |
|
|
42.46 |
LF-1/mobiles |
PP |
KEO371 |
|
|
131.8pL |
|
|
|
44.7 |
LF-3 |
PP |
KEO371 |
|
|
131.8pL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
District 18-Litchfield
District
19 - Carmi (Saline, xxxx Counties)
|
|
District
19 - Carmi |
|
1805
IL-14 West |
62821 |
|
|
West
of town |
|
|
155.505
(155.505) |
[Mobile Extenders] |
PW |
|
|
|
no-tone
(110.9pL) |
input tone only, heard in McLeansboro |
6/4/02 |
|
42.46
39.46
154.68
154.905
155.055
155.37
155.46
155.475
42.34
42.5
42.54 |
D19 - 2.6m NE Fairfield |
PW |
KYW824
FU: 2/91 |
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt |
|
|
618-382-4606 |
5/24/02 |
|
154.92 |
HF-2
Dispatch |
PP |
KSI983
KNBG270 |
|
|
|
hear
loud in Dale, also dispatch for Dist 13
Heard
ISPERN like dispatch in Edw 12/01, 702 |
|
|
42.46
39.46
154.68
42.34
42.5
42.52
154.845
154.905
155.055
155.37
155.46
155.47
154.92 |
ISP
D19 - Carmi 2m W
[LF-1/mobiles]
[LF
Point-to-Point]
[]
[]
[LF
Car-to-Car/Wx Alerts]
[LF]
[]
[DCI
HF-1]
[I-REACH]
[HF
Point-to-Point/IN MA]
[HF-4]
[ISPERN]
[HF-2/DCI] |
PW |
KSI983
FU:
PL2
5/8/02
0000880588 |
1-100wt
1-110wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-300wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt
1-330wt |
|
127.3pL
-
-
-
-
127.3pL |
618-382-4600
1804
Hwy 14 West
618-521-2028
90.21A
127.3pL
on 42.46 & 42.52 (at least on bases) |
5/12/02 |
|
39.46
42.46
42.5
42.52 |
ISP District 19
Jct. US 460 & Rt 1
Crossville |
PW |
KSC456
FU: 10/81 |
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt |
|
|
|
5/12/02 |
|
42.46
42.5
154.905
155.055
155.46
155.475 |
District
19
Herod
(Pope County)
2.2mi
West |
PW |
KNBG276
FU:
1/12/91 |
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt
1-100wt |
|
|
6183824606 |
12/18/01 |
District
20 - Pittsfield
|
|
District
20 - Pittsfield |
|
US-54
North |
62363 |
|
|
North
of town |
|
|
42.62 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KGY335 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
42.68 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
(KGY335) |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.68 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KGY335 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
District
21 - Ashkum |
|
IL-116
East |
60911 |
|
|
US-45
& IL 116 |
|
|
42.44 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KLM608 |
|
|
131.8pL |
|
|
|
42.84 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
(KLM608) |
|
|
131.8pL |
|
|
|
45.06 |
LF-3 |
PP |
KLM608 |
|
|
131.8pL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unmarked
Camaro |
District
22 - Ullin
|
|
District
22 - Ullin |
|
Ullin
Road |
62922 |
|
|
off
of I-57 |
|
|
42.9 |
LF-1 |
PP |
KSG291 |
|
|
no
pL |
|
|
|
42.9 |
LF-1
mobiles |
PP |
(KSG291) |
|
|
141.3pL |
|
|
|
154.68 |
HF-2 |
PP |
KSG291 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
154.71
154.905
155.46 |
ISPD22 |
PW |
KXR832
Ren 4/2/01 |
|
|
|
|
4/12/01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISP
StarCom 21 |
|
12/00
- Just announced that a "StarCom 21 Wireless" system will
be purchased for the Illinois State Police for communications with a
grant from Illinois FIRST. More news to come soon hopefully. Click
here for more details. |
|
|
|
Other
information I have obtained on this subject:
IGNN: Budget Press
Release
February 20, 2002
Governor's Budget Proposal Strengthens Commitment to Public Safety
SPRINGFIELD -- Governor George H.
Ryan today proposed a Fiscal Year 2003 budget of $383 million for the
Illinois State Police (ISP), including funds to train 100 new
troopers and to decrease backlogs at state police forensic labs.
“This budget reflects my
commitment for Illinois to realize the full potential of DNA
technology as a law enforcement and crime solving tool,”
Governor Ryan said. “With this budget, the state police will be
positioned to erase a backlog which stood at nearly 3,000 cases just
two years ago.” Highlights of the FY 2003 budget include funds
to continue the initiative begun last year to hire 80 forensic
scientists and evidence technicians, and $2.3 million for outsourcing
DNA cases while new scientists are in training.
“We live in a different
world now after the terrorist attacks,” Governor Ryan said.
“Ensuring state police staffing is at optimum levels is an
essential part of keeping our state safe.”
Ryan’s spending package also
contains $109,500 for the second year of funding for the
implementation of the statewide voice communications system,
STARCOM21, and more than $24 million for capital costs. The new
communications system will be operational by fall 2004, replacing the
current system and equipment.
“Funding for troopers,
forensics, and law enforcement communications demonstrates that
public safety continues to be one of Governor Ryan’s
highest priorities,” said ISP Director Sam
W. Nolen.
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The ILL State Police signed a contract with Motorola on a state wide
trunk system . It will be digital and will use the 800 mgz and 700
mgz, switching back and forth. Who was it a while back that said we
really dont need the 700mhz band in the 780XLT. They will be using a
new type of radio from Motorola. As reported on CARMA the contract
will be signed next week and delivery of the new radios ten days
later starting in southern ILL. It will take three years to complete.
They are hoping to bring in alot more towns as they progress. We may
need add on boards for digital and 700mhz sooon here in ILL.
Just came from
a NPSPAC region 24 (immediately adjoining Ill) meeting yesterday. The
southern Illinois frequency advisor/ NPSPAC chairman was there and
the Motorola engineer responsible for implementation was there also.
I can verify their radio system will be wireless, at least from the
vehicle to the fixed-end equipment. I believe their RFP includes a
10,000 foot tower in a corn field smack in the geographic center of
the state where power could be modulated and radiated. In this manner
the equipment would be energized.
Illinois
Starcom 21
Dan,
I read your pages in Monitoring Times January 2001 and decided to
drop you a line. I got this information from a local newspaper just last
week. Illinois Governor Ryan announced a $25 million grant for a new
radio system phased in over the next 3 years. The state will lease
time on the new Starcom 21 network from Motorola. It will be made
available to other federal, state, and local public safety agencies
if they
want to update their own outmoded systems.
Reading between the lines, I would say the state police are going to
phase out their low band radio system statewide. Also I would assume
the Illinois Department of Transportation 47 MHz system will follow
also. The VHF 155 MHz state police frequency will have to stay in place
for use with other police departments (ISPERN, IREACH etc.) As we
already know the state police districts in the Chicago area are already
using 800mhz.
I don't know anything about Starcom21-is there a scanner yet that
will work with this system? Or is this digital? Maybe a competitive brand
two-way radio down the road properly programmed will be around. A
the rate everyone is going, no one will be left on lowband. I've always
said give 29.7 - 54 MHz to us hams (we like skip conditions) and
trade part of the 440 MHz and also 1.2 GHz for commercial use (they
don't like skip).
Daryl
Thanks for the information, Daryl. Funding for the Starcom 21
network comes out of the Venture TECH fund
from the Illinois Technology Office. This fund promises to provide
research and development dollars for a
number of law enforcement initiatives, including expansion of the
Illinois State Police Wireless Information
Network, wireless access to photographic images and fingerprints,
more rapid access to wants and
warrants databases, and an automated voice dispatch system. The new
Starcom 21 network is one of
those initiatives.
Motorola, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, was
selected to build Starcom 21after a
competitive bid process. The Illinois State Police will purchase new
radios and lease airtime on the network,
as will other federal, state, and local public safety agencies.
Rather than spending a lot of money to
establish their own independent systems, county and local agencies
will have the option of joining the
state network.
The plan is to phase in the network over three years, starting with
coverage in the southern part of the
state and moving northward. The state hopes that by having one
common radio system, problems of
interoperability -- the ability of agencies to communicate directly
with each other -- will be a thing of the
past.
As Daryl noted, the Chicago District of the Illinois State Police is
currently using a trunked radio system. It's
actually two EDACS networks, one covering a northern patrol area and
the other a southern patrol.
Frequencies in LCN (Logical Channel Number) order are:
North: 866.8875, 866.4625, 867.3875, 866.9625, 867.4625, 867.8875,
868.3875, 868.4625, 868.8875 and
868.9625 MHz.
South: 866.4125, 866.4375, 866.9375, 867.4125, 867.9375, 867.9125,
868.4375, 868.4125, 868.9375 and
868.9125 MHz.
Unfortunately, I don't have any technical details about the Starcom
21 system. I expect that it will be a
trunked digital system, but I don't know if it will be compatible
with other Motorola products or with the
APCO 25 standards, or something all together new. If readers have
any further information about the
system, please send it along!
NPSPAC
Starcom 21 will almost certainly have the capability of operating on
the National Public Safety Planning
Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) 800 MHz frequencies. The NPSPAC was
formed more than ten years ago to
provide guidance in the use and coordination of public safety radio
frequencies, and their recommendations
included the establishment of common inter-agency frequencies.
Five channels in the 800 MHz band are set aside for mutual aid
across the country. One frequency,
866.0125 MHz, is designated a calling channel. The other four, at
866.5125, 867.0125, 867.5125 and
868.0125 MHz, are tactical channels. Each of these channels is 25
kHz wide and operates conventionally
(that is, not trunked) with a tone coded squelch frequency of 156.7.
So, as you're scanning the 800 MHz band, be sure to include these
five non-trunked frequencies in one of
your scan banks.
That's all for this month. More information is available on my
website at www.signalharbor.com, and I
welcome your e-mail at dan@signalharbor.com. Until next month, happy monitoring!
Motorola
fights to upgrade State Police radio system
October 31, 2000
BY HOWARD WOLINSKY BUSINESS REPORTER CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Nearly 60 years ago,
then-Chicago-based Motorola Inc. revolutionized law enforcement with
two-way radios.
Today, Schaumburg-based Motorola,
better known by the public for its cell phones and pagers--which
evolved from two-way radios--is fighting
for the contract to upgrade the
Illinois State Police's more than 30-year-old radio system. The
seven-year contract is expected to be worth about $60 million.
The only other bidder is Com-Net
Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc., formerly a division of
Ericsson, the Swedish wireless giant.
Judy Pardonnet, spokeswoman for the
state Department of Central Management Services, which handles the
bid, said the contract will be awarded in about a
week. Com-Net just aced Motorola in a hotly
contested bid on a similar project in Florida. Motorola charged in a
suit in Florida Circuit Court that the
state violated its own laws in
awarding the contract.
"This is a very important
contract for us. Illinois is Motorola's home state. We make the
infrastructure equipment for the radio backbone in Schaumburg,"
said Pat Sturmon, spokeswoman for Motorola. William
Clancy, regional vice president of Com-Net in West Chicago, said the
new systems will be digital. He said this will provide more security
to police officers. In addition, he said, the system will
prevent problems caused by officers speaking over each other.
The Illinois State Police installed
such a digital system in Cook County eight years ago to help its
highway patrols in the Chicago area. Ericsson installed that
system, Clancy said. He said the new statewide system
will be different because it is being bid as a service to the state
that will be maintained by the companies. In the past, the
infrastructure equipment was purchased outright by the states.
The winning bidder would aim to
recoup the cost by bringing other law enforcement agencies onto its
backbone service.
With the stakes high and local
pride an issue for Motorola, the companies have launched intense
lobbying efforts involving big-name politics.
Motorola has on its team Tyrone
Fahner, former Illinois attorney general and former director of the
Illinois State Police, and Richard Williamson, chairman of the
Illinois GOP.
On its side, Com-Net has enlisted
Robert Kjellander, Republican national committeeman; former
Republican state Rep. Sam Vinson and former
Democratic state Rep. Alfred
Ronan. "Motorola has hired a lobbyist like any major
company," Sturmon said. "We want to make sure our
company's interests are well represented."
Update 5/03
I found this Starcom 21 info from
this PDF file site: www.mclean.gov/boardnotes/pdf/February2003/min_AdHoc12.pdf
The ISP Starcom 21 system will be
an APCO-25, 700 and 800 mHz digital system, with over 186 tower sites
throughout Illinois. Looks like the BC785D scanner may become
of use to us, and probably the new Radio Shack digital scanner to be
released soon (I don't know anything about it, though.)
Motorola will also utilize some of the existing ClearTalk towers in
Mclean county (possibly other towers, too?) for the system, having at
least 95% mobile coverage statewide.
It will start out using
existing ISP towers, then be put on the Starcom 21 towers later.
The system should be operational by September, 2004. Public safety
agencies in Illinois, including ALL
State agencies using two-way radios, as well as federal agencies,
will utilize the system. This will certainly allow us
to delete hundreds of state
frequencies from our scanners, except the few they probably would
keep, like ISPERN and other mutual-aid channels. I assume
some high-band freqs may also be
kept as backup channels, but I'm not sure. If we can monitor
the system, which looks good, it'll be much easier to
listen to all Illinois state
agencies, and all local and federal agencies that rent the
system. Of course, all those who don't buy digital scanners
will be left
in the dark...
