Chicago O'Hare Airport Operations

System Name: Chicago O'Hare Airport Operations
Location: Chicago, IL
County: Cook
System Type: Motorola Type II SmartZone
System Voice: Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface
System ID: Sysid: 913F Connect Tone: 105.88
Last Updated: March 22, 2022, 5:35 pm CDT   [Added a new news entry]
System Notes

Some (if not all) of the users of this system appear to have moved to the 800 MHz TETRA trunked system (WNAJ329) https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=11639

Additional Programming Information for 396/996 XT Users:
***Choose Band Plan 1 Only***
LOWER BASE: 476.5000
UPPER BASE: 481.2375
OFFSET: 380
SPACING: 12.5 Khz

Unsure if system ID is 413F or 913F. On 2/7/08, a listener reported that his 396T showed a system id of 913F, so 413F is likely a typo. A May 2007 CARMA post confirms that 913F is correct.

Brooms, Sanders, Salters, plows, snow units and Vamma's are now on this system and no longer on the city 800 MHz system.

240--Snow 2. This has also been used during the recent visit of POTUS as an Escort-Secret Service talk channel in the clear-not encrypted. Jim

Sites and Frequencies

Red (c) are control channel capable frequencies
Site Name Freqs
001 (1) Primary 478.4125c478.5625c478.6875c478.9375c476.9875477.4625477.9625478.1125
  477.8125476.5125      

Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
48030DAMC DispatchAMC Dispatch/Field Ops (Sander)Public Works
80050DRunway Ops80Runway & Taxiway OpsPublic Works
112070DMech ShopMechanical ShopPublic Works
1760b0DOps MainOperations Main Channel (Broom 9?)Public Works
308134DDeliveriesDeliveriesPublic Works
6882b0DRunway Op688Runway OperationsPublic Works
7202d0DCheckpointsAirfield Operations - External Security Checkpoint's and Aircraft Security Escorts (Tugs)Public Works
Snow Plows / De-Icers
DEC HEX Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
2400f0DSnow 2SnowPublic Works
272110DDeicer 3Deicer 3Public Works
304130DDeicer 4Deicer 4Public Works
336150DDeicer 7Deicer 7Public Works
368170DDeicer 5/6Deicer 5/6/Vammas 2Public Works
4321b0DSaltersSaltersPublic Works
4961f0D3-In-1 V13-In-1 / Vammas 1Public Works