Illinois · IL
Elgin
Population 115,476·42.04°N 88.33°W·82 channels
Statewide system
STARCOM21
700 / 800 P25. Illinois State Police and most counties. Chicago PD is a separate encrypted P25 system.
Live air
Stream frequencies found
12 streams · 5 catalog channels with audio
Dwell
NOAA audio via volunteer NWR relays. Dispatch scanners are public Icecast feeds, not the trunked system itself. Not for emergency use.
Every bank for this city.
Baofeng, Yaesu, Kenwood, and most ham radios via CHIRP.
| Listen | MHz | Channel | Agency | Mode | Tone | Band | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 769.0562 | STARCOM21 P25 SC21 | STARCOM21 | P25Trunk | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 769.0688 | ISP STARCOM ISP | ISP | P25Trunk | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 135.4 | KORD ATIS ORDATIS | KORD | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago O'Hare · 36 km | ||
| 120.75 | KORD Tower ORDTWR | KORD | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago O'Hare · 36 km | ||
| 121.75 | KORD Ground ORDGND | KORD | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago O'Hare · 36 km | ||
| 125.7 | KORD Approach ORDAPP | KORD | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago O'Hare · 36 km | ||
| 132.875 | KMDW ATIS MDWATIS | KMDW | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago Midway · 55 km | ||
| 118.7 | KMDW Tower MDWTWR | KMDW | AM | — | Federal | FAA published ATC. Confirm against the current Chart Supplement. — Chicago Midway · 55 km | ||
| 156.8 | Port ops PORTOPS | NS Great Lakes | FM | — | Military | Published installation / airfield frequency. Confirm locally. — NS Great Lakes · 50 km | ||
| 149.5 | Base FM BASEFM | NS Great Lakes | FM | — | Military | Published installation / airfield frequency. Confirm locally. — NS Great Lakes · 50 km | ||
| 155.7525 | VCALL10 VCALL10 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National VHF calling. Do not use for routine dispatch. | ||
| 151.1375 | VTAC11 VTAC11 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National VHF tactical | ||
| 154.4525 | VTAC12 VTAC12 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National VHF tactical | ||
| 158.7375 | VTAC13 VTAC13 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National VHF tactical | ||
| 159.4725 | VTAC14 VTAC14 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National VHF tactical | ||
| 154.28 | VFIRE21 VFIRE21 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National fire mutual aid | ||
| 154.265 | VFIRE22 VFIRE22 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 154.295 | VFIRE23 VFIRE23 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 155.34 | VMED28 VMED28 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | Hospital / EMS coordination | ||
| 155.3475 | VMED29 VMED29 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 155.475 | VLAW31 VLAW31 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National law mutual aid | ||
| 155.4825 | VLAW32 VLAW32 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 453.2125 | UCALL40 UCALL40 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | National UHF calling | ||
| 453.4625 | UTAC41 UTAC41 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 453.7125 | UTAC42 UTAC42 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 453.8625 | UTAC43 UTAC43 | NIFOG | NFM | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 769.2437 | 7CALL50 7CALL50 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | 700 MHz calling. Pair 799.24375. | ||
| 769.1437 | 7TAC51 7TAC51 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 769.6437 | 7TAC52 7TAC52 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 851.0125 | 8CALL90 8CALL90 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | 800 MHz calling. Pair 806.0125. | ||
| 851.5125 | 8TAC91 8TAC91 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 852.0125 | 8TAC92 8TAC92 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 852.5125 | 8TAC93 8TAC93 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 853.0125 | 8TAC94 8TAC94 | NIFOG | P25 | — | Emergency | — | ||
| 162.55 | NOAA WX1 WX1 | NOAA NWS | FMLive | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.4 | NOAA WX2 WX2 | NOAA NWS | FMLive | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.475 | NOAA WX3 WX3 | NOAA NWS | FMLive | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.425 | NOAA WX4 WX4 | NOAA NWS | FMLive | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.45 | NOAA WX5 WX5 | NOAA NWS | FM | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.5 | NOAA WX6 WX6 | NOAA NWS | FM | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 162.525 | NOAA WX7 WX7 | NOAA NWS | FMLive | — | Federal | Weather radio. Program all seven; one transmitter is local. | ||
| 146.52 | 2m calling 2MCALL | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | National 2-meter FM simplex calling | ||
| 146.55 | 2m simplex 2MSIMP | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | — | ||
| 146.58 | 2m simplex 58 2M58 | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | — | ||
| 446.0 | 70cm calling 70CALL | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | National 70-centimeter FM simplex calling | ||
| 52.525 | 6m calling 6MCALL | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | — | ||
| 223.5 | 1.25m calling 220CALL | ARRL | FM | — | Ham | — | ||
| 144.39 | APRS 2m APRS | APRS | FM | — | Ham | North America APRS packet | ||
| 147.42 | ARES / RACES simplex ARES | ARES | FM | — | Ham | Common ARES simplex; local plans vary | ||
| 121.5 | VHF Guard GUARD | FAA / ICAO | AM | — | Federal | Aircraft emergency. Distress and ELT only. | ||
| 123.45 | Air-to-air 123.45 A2A | FAA | AM | — | Federal | Unofficial air-to-air; not a published ATC channel | ||
| 122.9 | Multicom 122.9 MULTI | FAA | AM | — | Federal | Common CTAF / multicom | ||
| 122.75 | Air-to-air 122.75 A2A75 | FAA | AM | — | Federal | — | ||
| 122.0 | Flight Watch legacy EFAS | FAA | AM | — | Federal | Historic EFAS; FSS now via 122.2 and RCO | ||
| 122.2 | FSS 122.2 FSS | FAA | AM | — | Federal | — | ||
| 243.0 | UHF Guard UHFGRD | DoD | AM | — | Military | Military UHF emergency / guard | ||
| 138.45 | VHF air common VHFCOM | DoD | AM | — | Military | Published VHF-AM air common; local use varies | ||
| 40.5 | FM 40.50 ARMY40 | US Army | FM | — | Military | Historic Army FM common; many posts have moved to trunked | ||
| 38.9 | FM 38.90 ARMY38 | US Army | FM | — | Military | — | ||
| 41.5 | FM 41.50 ARMY41 | US Army | FM | — | Military | — | ||
| 311.0 | UHF air 311.0 UHF311 | DoD | AM | — | Military | Common published UHF-AM air | ||
| 381.8 | UHF air-to-air 381.8 A2A381 | DoD | AM | — | Military | — | ||
| 148.15 | CAP primary CAPPRI | Civil Air Patrol | FM | — | Federal | National CAP VHF primary | ||
| 142.85 | CAP 142.850 CAP142 | Civil Air Patrol | FM | — | Federal | — | ||
| 123.1 | CAP air 123.1 CAPAIR | Civil Air Patrol | AM | — | Federal | CAP air / SAR common | ||
| 160.32 | AAR 08 road AAR08 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | Common road channel; pair with local AAR plan | ||
| 160.41 | AAR 14 AAR14 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 160.53 | AAR 22 AAR22 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 160.74 | AAR 36 AAR36 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 160.92 | AAR 48 dispatcher AAR48 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | Often a dispatcher / road channel | ||
| 161.01 | AAR 54 AAR54 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 161.19 | AAR 66 AAR66 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 161.28 | AAR 72 AAR72 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 161.34 | AAR 76 AAR76 | Railroad AAR | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 160.645 | Amtrak 160.645 AMTK1 | Amtrak | FM | — | Public | Published Amtrak road / PBX in several regions | ||
| 462.675 | GMRS 19 / 462.675 GMRS19 | GMRS | FM | 141.3 | Public | Legacy traveler / emergency GMRS; tone 141.3 common | ||
| 462.7 | GMRS 20 simplex GMRS20 | GMRS | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 151.82 | MURS 1 MURS1 | MURS | NFM | — | Public | — | ||
| 151.88 | MURS 2 MURS2 | MURS | NFM | — | Public | — | ||
| 151.94 | MURS 3 MURS3 | MURS | NFM | — | Public | — | ||
| 154.57 | MURS 4 blue MURS4 | MURS | FM | — | Public | — | ||
| 154.6 | MURS 5 green MURS5 | MURS | FM | — | Public | — |