Howdy Folks...
Many people have known me over the years. I have literally devoted "MOST" of my free-time to the betterment of scanning society for over 15 years, relying on the scanning society in general to help me keep things updated.
I am now 39 years old and been listening to the scanner since around the age of 5 or 6, when we got our first 8 channel Bearcat IV Crystal scanner, listening to a small town area in ISP District 18, Carlinville, Macoupin County.
I work daily with the FCC Website (Applications/Modifications) to provide new information to users. (and update it to the RR DB/Wiki)
Besides CARMA Chicago, I feel I have been one of the most active in keeping things going in the state of Illinois, St Louis Region and Missouri.
I also, along side with Rich/CARMA, helped bring the STRACOM21 information online to scanning community.
RadioReference.com Forums
Illinois - Illinois Radio Discussion Forum - The RadioReference.com Forums
Metro Chicago - Chicago Metro Area Discussion - The RadioReference.com Forums
Websites
It all began in the late 1990s on http://www.ScanIllinois.com (eventually also http://www.ScanIL.com)
Later I brought in STARCOM21.com / DigitalScanning.us (and eventually www.digitalscanning.us)
(Also w9vey.net, I-warn.com, I-warn.net and many others)
Lately because of (no) funding on web hosting, I have turned off web hosting on all my websites.
Only Facebook pages and Yahoo!Groups now exist. I would like to at least have hosting for my legacy pages and a few I still update regularly
Yahoogroups:
ScanIllinois - Founded: Jul 9, 2000
STARCOM21 - Founded: Sep 30, 2003
ScanMetroStLouis - Founded: Apr 10, 2006
ScanMissouri - Founded: Jul 4, 2004
MOSWIN - Founded: Jul 7, 2011
Facebook:
Scan Illinois - https://www.facebook.com/ScanIllinois
STARCOM21 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Starcom21/
Scan Madison County - https://www.facebook.com/ScanGlenCarbon
Scan Macoupin County - https://www.facebook.com/scanmacoupincounty
Scan MetroStLouis - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScanMetroStLouis/
I joined RadioReference.com as an admin:
Member Since 2004-03-30 00:00:00
and started converting all my website information there.
I also acknowledge CARMA Chicago for much of my information, as well as continually updating them with known/updated info.
We WORK TOGTHER. Please don't deny the rest of the scanning community updates and information by not submitting updates to RadioReference.com
Home Page
STARCOM21, rebanding and narrowbanding have brought a lot of changes to IL in the last 10 years. Please help!
Thanks very much for your support and continual help
Terry Weatherford, Jr.
WX9SAR (formerly N9MAE)
Related info to review
Common / Shared (Interop freqs)
DB Page - Statewide / Common / Shared Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Statewide_/_Common_/_Shared_(IL)
ISP
DB Page - Illinois State Police (ISP) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_State_Police_(ISP)_(IL)
Wiki Page - Units - State Agency/ISP Unit Designators - The RadioReference Wiki
SC21 DB Page - StarCom21 Statewide Illinois P25 Trunking System, Statewide, Illinois - Scanner Frequencies
SC21 Wiki Page - StarCom21 Statewide P25 - 700/800 MHz (Illinois) - The RadioReference Wiki
SC21 Wiki Page for Radio IDs
Page 1 0000000-0023999 Motorola, Tollway, St Clair County
Page 2 0024000-0027999 St Clair County
Page 3 0028000-0099999 Statewide1
Page 4 0100000-0999999 Statewide
Page 5 0400000-0499999 Statewide
Page 6 0500000-0699999 Statewide
Page 7 0700000-0999999 Statewide
Page 8 1000000-1999999 Statewide
Page 9 2000000-2999999 Statewide
Page 10 2000000-2999999 Statewide
Page 11 3000000-3999999 Statewide
Page 12 3000000-3999999 Statewide FUTURE
Page 13 4000000-4999999 McLean County
Page 14 5000000-5999999 Chicago Area
Champaign County MDICE
1) What VHF frequencies/ tones are still in use in your area
1A) are they linked to SC21 (simulcast)
1B) ISPERN - all tx linked to SC21 TG?
1C) I-REACH - all or just sometimes linked to SC21 TG or used as just and M/A Channel
1D) Local Patch - ever used, for what, with who?
2) TIPS Codes still used? 10 Codes? Plain Language? Patrol Areas?
3) Mobile Extenders / 700/800 MHz tac usage
3A) Verified your district tones in use, on 700 MHz mobile extenders?
4) DCI - any known usage lately on 154.905, 154.92, 154.95, 156.00? Or only SC21 ENC now?
DNR (and old SOS)
DB Page - Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Natural_Resources_(IDNR)_(IL)
1) any use of 151.25, 151.28, 151.445 in your area? (Tone, location, who?)
***Really need to know what local stuff is still in use (Park Ops, etc)
IDOT
DB Page - Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Transportation_(IDOT)_(IL)
1) Listed freqs/tones still in use, no longer in use
1A) Particular use not listed
2) Known SC21 Uses / Comms
Hospitals /EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH
DB Page - EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/EMS_/_Ambulance_/_Medical_Helicopters_/_IDPH_(IL)
Air Evac Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Air_Evac_Lifeteam_(US_Nationwide)
ARCH Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/ARCH_Medical_Helicopter_(US-MO/IL)
EMS/IDPH Call Signs - IL-IDPH - The RadioReference Wiki
1) Are MERCI channels still being used normally in your area?
2) Are any MED channels still being used normally in your area?
3) Are ER Reports still being transmitted over the air? (Encrypted, NexTel, other?)
ANY AGENCY
1) major/usual use of any fireground channels (particular?)
2) I-REACH usage (who, for what, to who?)
3) 155.37 Statewide Point to Point (still used, who, for what, to who?)
4) 800 Interop / UHF U-Tac / VHF V-Tac
4A) Local usage? (repeater?, mobile? who/what) any 86x.xx old pre-banded still in use?
5) TIPS Codes still used? 10 Codes? Plain Language? Patrol Areas?
6) Narrowbanding - If you KNOW it has occurred, please inform us to update the db from FM to NFM
Illinois Dept of Corrections
DB Page - Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Corrections_(DOC)_(IL)
1) Known local repeaters, tones, TRS talkGroup Updates?
IESMA / Emergency Management
DB Page: Emergency Management / Homeland Security Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
1) ESMARN 155.025 use in area (even if used locally for other agencies)
1A) Agency, tone(s)
2) SC21 use (state/local/county)
Illinois State Agencies (CMS / Lottery / Fire Marshal / Agriculture / Mental Health)
DB Page: - Illinois State - Other Agencies Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Many people have known me over the years. I have literally devoted "MOST" of my free-time to the betterment of scanning society for over 15 years, relying on the scanning society in general to help me keep things updated.
I am now 39 years old and been listening to the scanner since around the age of 5 or 6, when we got our first 8 channel Bearcat IV Crystal scanner, listening to a small town area in ISP District 18, Carlinville, Macoupin County.
I work daily with the FCC Website (Applications/Modifications) to provide new information to users. (and update it to the RR DB/Wiki)
Besides CARMA Chicago, I feel I have been one of the most active in keeping things going in the state of Illinois, St Louis Region and Missouri.
I also, along side with Rich/CARMA, helped bring the STRACOM21 information online to scanning community.
RadioReference.com Forums
Illinois - Illinois Radio Discussion Forum - The RadioReference.com Forums
Metro Chicago - Chicago Metro Area Discussion - The RadioReference.com Forums
Websites
It all began in the late 1990s on http://www.ScanIllinois.com (eventually also http://www.ScanIL.com)
Later I brought in STARCOM21.com / DigitalScanning.us (and eventually www.digitalscanning.us)
(Also w9vey.net, I-warn.com, I-warn.net and many others)
Lately because of (no) funding on web hosting, I have turned off web hosting on all my websites.
Only Facebook pages and Yahoo!Groups now exist. I would like to at least have hosting for my legacy pages and a few I still update regularly
Yahoogroups:
ScanIllinois - Founded: Jul 9, 2000
STARCOM21 - Founded: Sep 30, 2003
ScanMetroStLouis - Founded: Apr 10, 2006
ScanMissouri - Founded: Jul 4, 2004
MOSWIN - Founded: Jul 7, 2011
Facebook:
Scan Illinois - https://www.facebook.com/ScanIllinois
STARCOM21 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Starcom21/
Scan Madison County - https://www.facebook.com/ScanGlenCarbon
Scan Macoupin County - https://www.facebook.com/scanmacoupincounty
Scan MetroStLouis - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScanMetroStLouis/
I joined RadioReference.com as an admin:
Member Since 2004-03-30 00:00:00
and started converting all my website information there.
I also acknowledge CARMA Chicago for much of my information, as well as continually updating them with known/updated info.
We WORK TOGTHER. Please don't deny the rest of the scanning community updates and information by not submitting updates to RadioReference.com
Home Page
STARCOM21, rebanding and narrowbanding have brought a lot of changes to IL in the last 10 years. Please help!
Thanks very much for your support and continual help
Terry Weatherford, Jr.
WX9SAR (formerly N9MAE)
Related info to review
Common / Shared (Interop freqs)
DB Page - Statewide / Common / Shared Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Statewide_/_Common_/_Shared_(IL)
ISP
DB Page - Illinois State Police (ISP) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_State_Police_(ISP)_(IL)
Wiki Page - Units - State Agency/ISP Unit Designators - The RadioReference Wiki
SC21 DB Page - StarCom21 Statewide Illinois P25 Trunking System, Statewide, Illinois - Scanner Frequencies
SC21 Wiki Page - StarCom21 Statewide P25 - 700/800 MHz (Illinois) - The RadioReference Wiki
SC21 Wiki Page for Radio IDs
Page 1 0000000-0023999 Motorola, Tollway, St Clair County
Page 2 0024000-0027999 St Clair County
Page 3 0028000-0099999 Statewide1
Page 4 0100000-0999999 Statewide
Page 5 0400000-0499999 Statewide
Page 6 0500000-0699999 Statewide
Page 7 0700000-0999999 Statewide
Page 8 1000000-1999999 Statewide
Page 9 2000000-2999999 Statewide
Page 10 2000000-2999999 Statewide
Page 11 3000000-3999999 Statewide
Page 12 3000000-3999999 Statewide FUTURE
Page 13 4000000-4999999 McLean County
Page 14 5000000-5999999 Chicago Area
Champaign County MDICE
1) What VHF frequencies/ tones are still in use in your area
1A) are they linked to SC21 (simulcast)
1B) ISPERN - all tx linked to SC21 TG?
1C) I-REACH - all or just sometimes linked to SC21 TG or used as just and M/A Channel
1D) Local Patch - ever used, for what, with who?
2) TIPS Codes still used? 10 Codes? Plain Language? Patrol Areas?
3) Mobile Extenders / 700/800 MHz tac usage
3A) Verified your district tones in use, on 700 MHz mobile extenders?
4) DCI - any known usage lately on 154.905, 154.92, 154.95, 156.00? Or only SC21 ENC now?
DNR (and old SOS)
DB Page - Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Natural_Resources_(IDNR)_(IL)
1) any use of 151.25, 151.28, 151.445 in your area? (Tone, location, who?)
***Really need to know what local stuff is still in use (Park Ops, etc)
IDOT
DB Page - Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Transportation_(IDOT)_(IL)
1) Listed freqs/tones still in use, no longer in use
1A) Particular use not listed
2) Known SC21 Uses / Comms
Hospitals /EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH
DB Page - EMS / Ambulance / Medical Helicopters / IDPH Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/EMS_/_Ambulance_/_Medical_Helicopters_/_IDPH_(IL)
Air Evac Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Air_Evac_Lifeteam_(US_Nationwide)
ARCH Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/ARCH_Medical_Helicopter_(US-MO/IL)
EMS/IDPH Call Signs - IL-IDPH - The RadioReference Wiki
1) Are MERCI channels still being used normally in your area?
2) Are any MED channels still being used normally in your area?
3) Are ER Reports still being transmitted over the air? (Encrypted, NexTel, other?)
ANY AGENCY
1) major/usual use of any fireground channels (particular?)
2) I-REACH usage (who, for what, to who?)
3) 155.37 Statewide Point to Point (still used, who, for what, to who?)
4) 800 Interop / UHF U-Tac / VHF V-Tac
4A) Local usage? (repeater?, mobile? who/what) any 86x.xx old pre-banded still in use?
5) TIPS Codes still used? 10 Codes? Plain Language? Patrol Areas?
6) Narrowbanding - If you KNOW it has occurred, please inform us to update the db from FM to NFM
Illinois Dept of Corrections
DB Page - Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Wiki Page - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Illinois_Department_of_Corrections_(DOC)_(IL)
1) Known local repeaters, tones, TRS talkGroup Updates?
IESMA / Emergency Management
DB Page: Emergency Management / Homeland Security Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
1) ESMARN 155.025 use in area (even if used locally for other agencies)
1A) Agency, tone(s)
2) SC21 use (state/local/county)
Illinois State Agencies (CMS / Lottery / Fire Marshal / Agriculture / Mental Health)
DB Page: - Illinois State - Other Agencies Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference