Standard Wisconsin VHF Interoperability Frequencies

[JASII]

Does Wisconsin have all of these same VHF frequencies for interoperability?

Statewide VHF Interoperability Zone
Mode
#
STD
NAME
SHORT
NAME2 Mobile TX
Freq
CTCSS or
NAC
Mobile RX
Freq
Original
Name
1 VCALL10 VCAL10 155.7525 156.7 155.7525
2 VTAC11 VTAC11 151.1375 156.7 151.1375
3 VTAC12 VTAC12 154.4525 156.7 154.4525
4 VTAC13 VTAC13 158.7375 156.7 158.7375
5 VTAC14 VTAC14 159.4725 156.7 159.4725
6 MNCOMM MNCOMM 155.3700 156.7 155.3700 MIMS
7 VFIRE23 VFIR23 154.2950 156.7 154.2950 SWFIREMA
8 MNFIRG2 MNFG2 154.0100 156.7 154.0100
9 MNFIRG3 MNFG3 153.8300 156.7 153.8300
10 DNRTAC1 DNRT1 151.4750 CSQ 151.4750
11 VLAW31 VLAW31 155.4750 156.7 155.4750 MINSEF
12 VMED28 VMED28 155.3400 156.7 155.3400 EMS HEAR
13 IR 2 IR 2 165.9625 167.9 170.4125
14 VTAC14R TAC14R 154.6875 156.7 159.4725
15 NGRPTR* NGRPTR Restricted Restricted Restricted
16 LE 2* LE 2 162.2625 167.2500 167.9 PL or 68f NAC

 

[4006]

Uh...no. This isn't MN.

 

[R8000]

You mean this ?

Interoperability (Conventional) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

 

[MarcusDude]

In Wisconsin, some of the channels are the same, some have similarities, and some are completely different.

1 VCALL10 VCAL10 155.7525 156.7 155.7525 YES (also NAC 293)
2 VTAC11 VTAC11 151.1375 156.7 151.1375 YES (also NAC 293)
3 VTAC12 VTAC12 154.4525 156.7 154.4525 YES (also NAC 293)
4 VTAC13 VTAC13 158.7375 156.7 158.7375 YES (also NAC 293)
5 VTAC14 VTAC14 159.4725 156.7 159.4725 YES (also NAC 293)
6 MNCOMM MNCOMM 155.3700 156.7 155.3700 MIMS NO, it's called POINT-To-POINT and the PL is 146.2
7 VFIRE23 VFIR23 154.2950 156.7 154.2950 SWFIREMA NO, it's called Blue Fireground and the PL is 85.4
8 MNFIRG2 MNFG2 154.0100 156.7 154.0100 NO, it's called MARC 3 and the PL is 71.9
9 MNFIRG3 MNFG3 153.8300 156.7 153.8300 NO, it's called Red Fireground and the PL is 69.3
10 DNRTAC1 DNRT1 151.4750 CSQ 151.4750 NO
11 VLAW31 VLAW31 155.4750 156.7 155.4750 MINSEF YES, except here it's called VLAW31 (or WISPERN)
12 VMED28 VMED28 155.3400 156.7 155.3400 EMS HEAR YES, except the the tone is D156
13 IR 2 IR 2 165.9625 167.9 170.4125 NOT SURE
14 VTAC14R TAC14R 154.6875 156.7 159.4725 NO
15 NGRPTR* NGRPTR Restricted Restricted Restricted NOT SURE
16 LE 2* LE 2 162.2625 167.2500 167.9 PL or 68f NAC NOT SURE

Also, not listed on the Wisconsin Interoperability Page (and I HAVE heard some of these used in WI):
453.21250 458.21250 UCALL40 (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.21250 453.21250 UCALL40D (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.46250 458.46250 UTAC 41 (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.46250 453.46250 UTAC 41D (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.71250 458.71250 UTAC 42 (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.71250 453.71250 UTAC 42D (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.86250 458.86250 UTAC 43 (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)
453.86250 453.86250 UTAC 43D (PL 156.7 and NAC 293)

 

[JASII]

MarcusDude,

Thank you so much for your reply. Originally I was just sort of wondering if people in Wisconsin were now using VCALL10 instead of WISPERN/VLAW31, but I thought I would open it up to the other channels as well.

I do find the differences in PL tones interesting. I recall reading some year back that Wisconsin had gone to programming one WISPERN channel as carrier squelch and another with the PL tone.

Have you heard the UCALL and UTACs in analog with PL tone or have you heard them P25 with a NAC code? To the best of my knowledge, those are not being used here in Minnesota for mutual aid.

As a side note, even though I live in Minnesota, I live not all that far from the border of Wisconsin and travel through a few times a year.

Over the years it has seemed like Wisconsin was ahead of Minnesota with regards to radio interoperability planning. I recall your agencies getting MARC channels year ago and having Point To Point in the vehicles, but Minnesota had neither of those.

Jim

 

[MarcusDude]

The thing with 155.475 being WISPERN (CSQ) and WISPERN-T (PL 156.7) was a few years ago, during the transition. WISPERN-T is now called VLAW31, and 155.47500 CSQ is only used in counties along the state line.

This summer, I was living in the Fox Cities (East Central WI), and I heard 453.46250 being used both analog (PL 156.7) and P25 (NAC 293) and it was refered to as "UTAC41".

 

[sfd119]

VLAW31 and Point are in all Law/Fire/EMS Radios (scan too) up in Northern Wisconsin. VLAW31 is used heavily up here as a Tac channel or "Car to Car" type channel. I don't think I've ever heard VCALL10 used (besides radio testing) up here. Point is used comm center to comm center, however, some out of county squads that don't have our freqs will use it to contact dispatch (such as prisoner transport).

VLAW31 is still referred as WISPERN up here--although it is listed in radios as VLAW31