Members Favorite Frequencies

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
  • 6.738 AM US Air Force phone patch US/NATO Units 
    - Mostly aircraft
  • 7.925 FM US Air Force Crash/Rescue Ops
  • 7.415 ???? funny
  • 13.974 AM Dallas NAS Command Post
  • 18.721 MHz AM Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

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
  • 154.175 Lincolnwood/Riverwoods Fire
  • 154.250 - McHenry County Fire Departments
  • 154.600 Cary Balloon Port
  • 154.355 - McHenry County Fire
  • 155.055 Inter-city Emergency Network (IREACH)
  • 155.085 Buffalo Grove PD Car to Car (nights)
  • 155.865 - Rolling Meadows PD Car-to-Car
  • 156.225 Kane County DOT'
  • 157.025 Navy Pier Sightseeing Boats
  • 158.77 Barrington PD Car-to-Car
  • 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

Area Wide Fire Frequencies

  • 150.790 Fire Ground (Green)
  • 153.830 Primary Fire Ground (Red)
  • 153.8375 Fire Ground (Gold)
  • 154.265 NIFERN
  • 154.2725 Fire Ground (Black)
  • 154.280 Fire Ground (White)
  • 154.2875 Fire Ground (Gray)
  • 154.295 Fire Ground (Bllue)
  • 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
  • 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
  •  
  • 151.625 Goodyear Blimp Operations
  • 123.300 Goodyear Blimp Air-Air-Ground

Civil Air Patrol

  • 148.15 Repeater

  • 138.250

  • 138.350

  • 138.425

Ham Stuff

  • 443.700 Carma Repeater (ACLR)
  • 145.770 Carma Simplex

Lake County (Sherrif) Trunk System

  • Frequencies - 866.250, 866.300, 866.6375, 866.6875, 

  • Frequencies - 867.1250, 867.7250, 867.8125, 868.5625

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

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