FREQUENCIES

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HF

  • 3.922 On-Air Swap 8:00 CST
  • 4.430 USCG Storm Bulletins (USB)
  • 5.272 MHz USB US Coast Guard Tactical
  • 5.685 MHz FM US Air Force Special Investigations
  • 5.695 US Navy Search and Rescue
  • 6.115 Mhz  Radio Taiwan International
  • 6.738 AM US Air Force phone patch US/NATO Units – Mostly aircraft
  • 7.925 FM US Air Force Crash/Rescue Ops
  • 7.415 ???? funny
  • 9.722 MHz am  Radio India
  • 11.725 MHz am  Radio New Zealand International
  • 11.730 Mhz NHK Japan
  • 11.740 MHz am  NHK Radio Japan
  • 11.945 MHz Radio Australia 
  • 13.630 Mhz Radio Australia 
  • 13.974 AM Dallas NAS Command Post
  • 13.974 AM Dallas NAS Command Post
  • 18.721 MHz AM Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

Ham Stuff

  • 443.700 Carma Repeater (ACLR)
  • 145.770 Carma Simplex

Lake County (Sherrif) EDACS Trunk System

  • Frequencies – 866.250, 866.300, 866.6375, 866.6875, 
  • Frequencies – 867.1250, 867.7250, 867.8125, 868.5625

METRA

  • 160.3650 police
  • 160.7700 pbx
  • 161.0250 commuter
  • 161.2800 maintenance
  • 160.7700 commuter
  • 161.3400 commuter
  • 161.6100 police mobiles

Lo-VHF

  • 42.5, 42.6, 42.68 Ill State Police

Hi-VHF

  • 140.100 Great Lakes Transportation
  • 148.275 Great Lakes Base Fire Dispatch
  • 149.370 Great Lakes Civil Eng
  • 149.450 Great Lakes MPs 
  • 151.280 – Ill Dept of Natural Resources
  • 151.325 Dupage County Forrest Preserve Patrol
  • 151.625 Cary Balloon Port
  • 151.625 Wynstone Properties
  • 151.655 – Lambs Farm
  • 151.805 – Lambs Farm
  • 154.250 – McHenry County Fire Departments
  • 154.600 Cary Balloon Port
  • 155.055 Inter-city Emergency Network (IREACH)
  • 155.085 Buffalo Grove PD Car to Car (nights)
  • 155.865 Rolling Meadows PD Car-to-Car
  • 158.77 Barrington PD Car-to-Car
  • 156.225 Kane County DOT’
  • 157.025 Navy Pier Sightseeing Boats
  • 160.605 Metra Train Police
  • 162.500 – NWS – Weather – Crystal Lake Xmtr 
  • 162.7125 – FBI Surveillance (PL 167.9)
  • 163.200 US Marshals
  • 164.600 US Marshals 
  • 165.2875 BATF
  • 166.5875 –  US Customs Service
  • 170.8500 – US Marshals TAC 1
  • 173.075 LoJack Vehicle Tracking
  • 173.8875 BATF
  • 168.850 – Ohare Customs

UHF

  • 408.050 USPS Inspectors
  • 418.750 DEA
  • 418.900 DEA Chicago (PL 156.7)
  • 414.750 Postal Inspectors
  • 446.575 Shuttle Launch Rebroadcast
  • 450.050 WBBM/CBS News Desk
  • 451.175 – Nicor
  • 453.650 Chicago Sanitation Command
  • 453.700 IDOT Emergency Patrol
  • 453.775, 471.8625 CPD Towing
  • 453.950 IDOT Cook County
  • 454.275 Charlestown Mall – St Charles
  • 461.775 Good Shepherd Hospital Security
  • 462.1625 – Navy Pier
  • 462.300 Northrup Rolling Meadows
  • 463.925, 464.600, 464.900 Arlington Park Racetrack
  • 464.025 – Alexian Bros Hospital Security
  • 464.100 – Kemper – Long Grove
  • 464.825  Motorola (Arl Hts) Maint
  • 464.525, 464.925 Wynstone Properties
  • 464.975  Motorola (Arl Hts) Security
  • 464.875  Great America Security (156.7 PL)
  • 464.875  Museum of Science and Industry
  • 470.9375 Mundelein/Vernon Hills PD 
  • 477.3625 South Elgin Police
  • 853.2125 Chicago PD –  Mayoral Detail
  • 854.9875 ISP NW Tollway I294
  • 860.2125 Rolling Meadows Police Dispatch
  • 935.4125 – ComEd

Area Wide Fire Frequencies

  • 150.790 Fire Ground (Green)
  • 153.830 Primary Fire Ground (Red)
  • 153.8375 Fire Ground (Gold)
  • 154.2725 Fire Ground (Black)
  • 154.280 Fire Ground (White)
  • 154.2875 Fire Ground (Gray)
  • 154.295 Fire Ground (Bllue)
  • 154.265 NIFERN
  • 154.3025 NIFERN (Secondary)
  • 154.370 Lake County Fire Ground
  • 155.370 Fire Point to Point

Helicopters & Blimps, Air Ground

  • 119.250 Ohare Tower Emergency
  • 120.425 FBI air to air
  • 121.275 Illinois State Police
  • 122.975 Illinois State Police
  • 123.450 Commercial Aircraft Chat
  • 129.550 Air Angels Med Copter
  • 143.625 MIR/ISS Space to Ground
  • 155.220 Flight for Life Helicopters
  • 155.460 – ISP Air/Ground
  •  
  • 450.2875 Shadow Traffic Helicopter
  • 471.600 Loyola Lifestar Helicopter Dispatch
  • 472.0375 Lifestar Helicopter
  • 450.250 WGN News Helicopter
  • 464.750 FOX News Helicopter
  • 454.950, 454.950 – Air Phone
  • 455.5875 WLS
  •  
  • 151.625 Goodyear Blimp Operations
  • 123.300 Goodyear Blimp Air-Air-Ground

Civil Air Patrol

  • 148.15 Repeater
  • 138.250
  • 138.360
  • 138.425

Algonquin Police

  • 155.370
  • 155.740
  • 154.740
  • 155.430
  • 155.420
  • 154.355

Lake Zurich

  • 154.570 – Lake Zurich Home Depot
  • 155.835 – Lake Zurich Fire Dispatch
  • 155.085 – Lake Zurich Loc Govt
  • 159.045 – Kildeer/Hawthorn Woods LG/Pd Talkaround
  • 470.7375 – Lake Zurich Police Dispatch
  • 464.550 – Lake Zurich Costco

Wauconda

  • 159.2875 – Wauconda PD Dispatch
  • 153.890 – Wauconda FD/MABAS SW Quad
  • 154.980 – Wauconda Local Govt
  • 453.750 – Wauconda Park Dist.

Six Flags

  • 462.825 –
  • 469.475 – Paging
  • 463.600
  • 464.675 – Retail
  • 464.875 – Security
  • 464.375

Comisky Park

  • 464.750 – Security
  • 461.200 – Parking
  • 463.725 – Maintenance
  • 464.2875 – Tickets