See National Interoperability (United States) for Federal Interoperability frequencies.
Frequencies
Departments
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Customs and Border Patrol
STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Some Homeland Security/Border Patrol/ICE operations |
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Also see O'Hare Airport
Federal Bureau of Investigations
See the WIKI for additional information.
Federal Communications Commission
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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167.050 | RM | 173.8 PL | FCC Chicago | Chicago Ops | FM | Federal |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The FEMA Region 5 office is located in the 536 S. Clark / 101 W. Ida B. Wells Federal Building in downtown Chicago.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
General Services Administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | Some Homeland Security/Border Patrol/ICE operations |
Internal Revenue Service
Justice - 25 Cities Interoperability Project
These P25 repeaters support local, state and federal voice communications interoperability their respective areas (High Risk Metropolitan Area Interoperability)
DOJ CG TAC and CG COMM have weekly interop tests Wednesdays at 10:00
Labor
Marshals Service
Bureau of Prisons
Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago (P25) Project 25 Phase I | Operations (as of 7/23) |
Federal Protective Service
RIDs observed on 410.800: 6722065, 6750058, 6750065 (4/7/22)
Postal Service
USPS radio operations appear to have shifted primarily to digital modes (P25 for police and inspectors, DMR for facility operations). Any analog operations listed below may be old and out of service. (April 2022)
Secret Service
The Secret Service is now mostly encrypted P25 in the Chicago area.
State Department
Transportation Security Administration
Veterans Administration
- An unknown Tac 2 frequency has been reported in use by Hines VA Medical Center Police. (11/17)
Motorola Federal Solutions Project 25 Phase II | Jesse Brown VA Medical Center is Site 104 in this system. VA Police use talkgroup 10191 (8/26/20) |
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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166.7125 | BM | AbeLinc Cemetery | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery (Elwood) - Operations | FMN | Federal | ||
409.4375 | RM | 192.8 PL | CJALFHC Engr | Capt James A Lovell FHC: Engineering (North Chicago) | FMN | Federal | |
166.7125 | WCJ64 | RM | 421 NAC | CJALFHC Police | Capt James A Lovell FHC: Police (North Chicago) | P25 | Law Dispatch |
163.2625 | RM | 221 NAC | CJALFHC Security | Capt James A Lovell FHC: Security (North Chicago) | P25 | Federal | |
170.000 | RM | 116 DPL | HVAMC Engr | Hines VAMC: Engineering (Hines) | FM | Federal | |
416.500 | M | 023 DPL | HVAMC Ops | Hines VAMC: Operations (Hines) | FMN | Federal | |
411.350 | RM | 293 NAC | HVAMC Police | Hines VAMC: Police (Hines) | P25 | Law Dispatch | |
409.050 | RM | 192.8 PL | JBVAMC Engr | Jesse Brown VAMC: Engineering (Chicago) | FMN | Federal | |
406.775 | RM | 123.0 PL | JBVAMC Hskpg | Jesse Brown VAMC: Housekeeping (Chicago) | FMN | Federal | |
408.600 | RM | 203.5 PL | JBVAMC Police | Jesse Brown VAMC: Police Alternate (Chicago) | FMN | Law Tac |
National Weather Service
NOAA National Severe Storms Labs
Military
Civil Air Patrol
Also please see the Nationwide listings
Coast Guard
A more complete list is at US Coast Guard
Illinois National Guard
STARCOM21 Statewide Illinois Project 25 Phase II | The Illinois National Guard conducts a directed net of armories and other facilities on the first Wednesday of each month at 9:00 AM on TG 30341 (ITTF Incident 5). |
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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150.6875 | RM | 103.5 PL | NRvrsdeArmy | North Riverside Armory (OOS?) | FMN | Military |