Anyone know if any scanners can pick up Kewanee, Illinois, Starcom?
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According to the RR database, Kewanee PD is full-time encryption.
Henry County Sheriff's Office had previously used STARCOM21 (dispatch talkgroup was 1201) but discontinued its use in 2012 and returned to VHF.
The Henry County sheriff is back on VHF
Henry Cnty VHF
Henry County Sheriff's Office had previously used STARCOM21 (dispatch talkgroup was 1201) but discontinued its use in 2012 and returned to VHF.
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1221 | 4c5 | D | Henry Co OEM Ops | Office of Emergency Management: Operations | Emergency Ops |
| 1225 | 4c9 | D | Henry Co 1225 | Operations | Emergency Ops |
| 1641 | 669 | TE | Kewanee PD Disp | Kewanee Police: Dispatch | Law Talk |
| 1643 | 66b | TE | Henry Co 1643 | Operations (Kewanee Police?) |
The Henry County sheriff is back on VHF
Henry Cnty VHF
Anytime I hear the Henry County (IL) Sheriff's Office VHF frequency, it brings me back to 1971-1973 when we (Woodridge PD and several others) would frequently be covered up by their base station on 154.725 MHz. Not sure if that would be considered skip, or just a very strong signal from a transmitter at a very high elevation. We were approximately 130 miles from Henry County, IL. Of course *we* left VHF in 1986 for a Motorola 800 MHz. SpectraTac multi-site analog system.
Thank you for the bandwidth.
Thank you for the bandwidth.
Yeah, I remember being in a meeting at John Arendt's place about 1979 and hearing Henry Co Sheriff on his scanners. Since I am from Eastern Iowa and Henry Co is a neighbor county to the Quad-Cities.
Circa mid 80’s. Grew up monitoring PD dispatch in analog on 154.725. Westmont, Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook Terrace Illinois on this frequency. Brings back good memories.
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A bit off from the mid 80s but shows the shared services on this frequency. Downers Grove was on the 400 mhz band back then: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/h...0s/Monitoring-Times-2012-02-OCR-Page-0023.pdf
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I know right before the ACDC and DU-COMM merges and transitions around 2010 I've seen agencies like Downers and Willowbrook use to run around having a Tyco / MA/COM portable (P800's without the OpenSky label?) or a Kenwood portable(TK-390?) most of the Officers I'd seen would wear a Otto speaker mic with the stubby antenna attachment. Hard to tell what it is but maybe someone is able to confirm it. Were these used at the time when ISP was on EDACS so that they would be able to talk on their TG's and other channels?
I worked for Woodridge PD from 1971-2006. Downers Grove PD left 154.725 in the early to mid 70s from 154.725 to 470.9125. Darien PD also transitioned to 470.5125 with Lisle PD and for a short time with Willowbrook PD (first dispatched by Hinsdale then Woodridge PD) until they transitioned to Southwest Central Dispatch, now of course by DU-COMM like all the rest of the DuPage police entities with the exception of Westmont PD currently dispatched by ACDC. Yes, Oak Brook Terrace “Ocean” units would chime in on rare occasions on 154.725 to talk to Oak Brook PD units, but were dispatched by DU-COMM.
Before 154.725, most if not ALL DuPage police agencies were on a split-simplex of 155.010 (base stations), and 154.890 (mobiles) since the late 50s to the early 60’s. I displayed 154 725 on my license plates for many years on my personal car, now carry KN 3600 for many years as it’s currently valid on my show car for parades and car shows.
I do know that DGPD utilized Kenwood portable radios for many years as their vendor preferred Kenwood over Motorola.
Before 154.725, most if not ALL DuPage police agencies were on a split-simplex of 155.010 (base stations), and 154.890 (mobiles) since the late 50s to the early 60’s. I displayed 154 725 on my license plates for many years on my personal car, now carry KN 3600 for many years as it’s currently valid on my show car for parades and car shows.
I do know that DGPD utilized Kenwood portable radios for many years as their vendor preferred Kenwood over Motorola.
