System Name: Alliant Energy
Location: Various, IL IA MN WI
County: 140 Counties
System Type: DMR Tier 3 Standard
System Voice: DMR
System ID: HEX: L1 DEC: L1
Last Updated: March 5, 2024, 4:39 pm CST   [Deleted System ID: [1]]
System Notes

LCN calculations for this system are based on an 848.2625 MHz base frequency with 25 kHz RF spacing.
System ID L1


Alliant Energy selects Tait Communications to deliver North America’s largest DMR Tier 3 system

May 1, 2015

Tait Communications, a global provider of critical communications systems for Utilities and Public Safety agencies, has been selected by Alliant Energy Corporation, a leading Midwest U.S. energy company, to deploy the largest Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier 3 system to be rolled-out in North America.

The new 122 site DMR Trunked network will provide superior coverage for Alliant Energy's service territory in Iowa and Wisconsin and replaces an aging assortment of independent radio networks. The new system will supplant the old system in phases, with the first phase due to be completed before February 2017.

The total deployment is expected to be complete by the end of 2017. The award has come after a selection process that included the evaluation of several alternate technologies and resulted in a project that includes the provision by Tait of the radio network system and approximately 1650 subscriber units. The deal also contains a 12-year Managed Services contract commencing from the end of the first phase of the rollout.

Garry Diack, Chief Executive of Tait Communications, stated, "We are really excited to bring Tait's DMR solution to Alliant Energy. This system upgrade will deliver better-than-before coverage and reliability to improve worker safety. Additionally, our Managed Services capability allows us to work in partnership with Alliant Energy to optimize their network over the life of the system."

Alliant Energy is engaged in the generation and distribution of electricity and natural gas and serves over 1 million electric customers and 420,000 natural gas customers in a service territory that spans over 69,000 square miles.

Sites and Frequencies

Red (c) are control channel capable frequencies
Region Site Name County Freqs
1 000 (0) Adams Mower, MN 855.7875856.9125c   
1 001 (1) Allendorf Osceola, IA 855.1375860.3875c   
1 002 (2) Cherokee Cherokee, IA 859.3125c    
1 003 (3) Fenton Kossuth, IA 854.8875855.3375c   
1 004 (4) Hills Rock, MN 858.3375c    
1 005 (5) Alta Vista Chickasaw, IA 856.3875c860.3875c   
1 006 (6) Klemme Hancock, IA 855.3625859.3125c860.9125  
1 007 (7) Laurens Pocahontas, IA 855.8625857.3875c   
1 008 (8) Linn Grove Buena Vista, IA 855.2625855.6125c   
1 009 (9) Nora Springs Floyd, IA 855.2875c857.8125c   
1 010 (A) Spirit Lake Dickinson, IA 855.4375857.3375c   
1 011 (B) Kiester Faribault, MN 857.3875c858.3125c   
1 012 (C) Everly Clay, IA 855.3625856.3875c   
1 013 (D) Bernard Jones, IA 855.9375c858.3125c   
1 014 (E) Plainfield Bremer, IA 854.7875c855.1625c   
1 015 (F) Cresco Howard, IA 855.3375856.7875c860.2875  
1 016 (10) Decorah Winneshiek, IA 855.5375855.9375c858.3875  
1 017 (11) Elkader Clayton, IA 857.8125c859.3875c   
1 018 (12) Ft Atkinson Winneshiek, IA 854.8125855.3125c855.8875  
1 019 (13) Galena Jo Daviess, IL 860.3125c857.3875859.2875  
1 020 (14) Holy Cross Dubuque, IA 857.8625c860.3875c   
1 021 (15) Lansing Allamakee, IA 854.8375c855.8875   
1 022 (16) McGregor Clayton, IA 855.1625c858.8375c   
1 023 (17) Oelwein Fayette, IA 855.6625c855.8625c   
1 024 (18) Postville Allamakee, IA 855.8375c860.2875c   
1 025 (19) Savanna Carroll, IL 855.8875860.2875c   
1 026 (1A) Waukon Allamakee, IA 858.7875c    
1 027 (1B) Argyle Lafayette, WI 854.8625c856.8625c   
1 028 (1C) Beloit Rock, WI 855.1625c858.8126   
1 029 (1D) Cassville Grant, WI 854.8625c855.7875c   
1 030 (1E) Darien Walworth, WI 855.9375c856.3375c   
1 031 (1F) Darlington Lafayette, WI 855.1625c856.8125c   
1 032 (20) Dodgeville Iowa, WI 855.2875c856.8875c   
1 033 (21) Lake Geneva Walworth, WI 855.5125c857.8125c   
1 034 (22) Lancaster Grant, WI 855.6375c860.8625c   
1 035 (23) Milton Rock, WI 856.8875c858.7875859.9125  
1 036 (24) Monroe Green, WI 859.8875c857.8125   
1 037 (25) Site 37 UNKNOWN, WI 855.4375856.7875c   
1 038 (26) Monroe South Iowa, WI 856.7875c860.9125c   
1 039 (27) Platteville Lafayette, WI 854.8875c856.8375c   
1 040 (28) Prairie du Chien Crawford, WI 857.3875c858.3875c   
1 041 (29) Richland Center Richland, WI 855.5625859.7875c   
1 042 (2A) Seneca Crawford, WI 856.8125c860.8125c   
1 043 (2B) Spring Green Sauk, WI 857.7875c858.8875   
1 044 (2C) Jamestown Grant, WI 855.3375856.9125c   
1 045 (2D) Gays Mills Crawford, WI 855.7625c    
1 046 (2E) Baraboo Sauk, WI 855.5125c855.7625c   
1 047 (2F) Blue Mounds Iowa, WI 855.2625857.8875c   
1 048 (30) Cottage Grove Dane, WI 859.3375c860.8625c   
1 049 (31) Jefferson Jefferson, WI 855.5625c860.9125c   
1 050 (32) Kendall Monroe, WI 856.8375c857.8125c   
1 051 (33) Lyndon Station Juneau, WI 855.7875c859.8625c   
1 052 (34) Madison Dane, WI 855.8375856.2875857.2875858.3375c 
1 053 (35) Marshfield Marathon, WI 855.5125c855.7875c   
1 054 (36) Oxford Marquette, WI 855.2875c859.9125c   
1 055 (37) North Freedom Sauk, WI 858.2875c858.8125c   
1 056 (38) Rio Columbia, WI 855.5375c860.8125c   
1 057 (39) Tomah Monroe, WI 855.0625c855.3375c   
1 058 (3A) Warrens Monroe, WI 854.8125c857.8625   
1 059 (3B) Nekoosa Wood, WI 855.5875c856.8875c   
1 060 (3C) Vesper Wood, WI 855.5375c860.9125c   
1 061 (3D) Beaver Dam Dodge, WI 855.7875856.8375c   
1 062 (3E) Campbellsport Fond Du Lac, WI 858.7875c860.7875c   
1 063 (3F) Coloma Waushara, WI 855.2625c856.8625c   
1 064 (40) Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI 856.9125c857.9125859.7875  
1 065 (41) Marion Waupaca, WI 855.0625c855.8375c   
1 066 (42) Markesan Green Lake, WI 857.8625858.8625c   
1 067 (43) Phlox Langlade, WI 855.3375c856.9125c   
1 068 (44) Plainfield Waushara, WI 854.7625c855.0125   
1 069 (45) Plymouth Sheboygan, WI 855.6375c860.9125c   
1 070 (46) Poy Sippi Waushara, WI 855.5375c857.8125c858.7875c  
1 071 (47) Scandinavia Waupaca, WI 855.2875856.8375c   
1 072 (48) Edgewater Plant Sheboygan, WI 855.3375855.5125c855.5375860.4125 
1 073 (49) Cumberland Cass, IA 860.3125c    
1 075 (4B) Albia Monroe, IA 857.2875860.9125c   
1 076 (4C) Anita Cass, IA 855.2625    
1 077 (4D) Belle Plaine Benton, IA 855.1375855.5875c   
1 078 (4E) Boone Boone, IA 856.3875c857.3375c   
1 079 (4F) Centerville Appanoose, IA 858.3625c    
1 080 (50) Chariton Lucas, IA 855.5125c    
1 081 (51) Chillicothe Wapello, IA 859.3875c    
1 082 (52) Corydon Wayne, IA 857.3875c    
1 083 (53) Creston Union, IA 855.4125c    
1 084 (54) Dysart Benton, IA 855.2875858.8625c   
1 085 (55) Glidden Carroll, IA 855.4125c    
1 086 (56) Grand Junction Greene, IA 860.3625c    
1 087 (57) Greenfield Adair, IA 858.3625c    
1 088 (58) Guthrie Center Guthrie, IA 855.8625c    
1 089 (59) Iowa Falls Hardin, IA 855.8625856.9125c   
1 090 (5A) Knoxville Marion, IA 857.3375c    
1 091 (5B) Leon Decatur, IA 857.8625c    
1 092 (5C) Montezuma Poweshiek, IA 855.6125859.2875c   
1 093 (5D) Mount Ayr Ringgold, IA 856.9125c    
1 094 (5E) Nevada Story, IA 855.1375855.6125860.2875c  
1 095 (5F) Newton Jasper, IA 859.3125c    
1 096 (60) Osceola Clarke, IA 855.9375860.3625c   
1 097 (61) Marshalltown Marshall, IA 856.2875858.2875859.9125c  
1 098 (62) Toledo Tama, IA 855.5375855.8125c   
1 099 (63) Villisca Montgomery, IA 856.2875c    
1 100 (64) Wellsburg Grundy, IA 860.9125c    
1 101 (65) Bonaparte Van Buren, IA 855.1375855.2625859.8625c  
1 102 (66) Coggon Linn, IA 855.3625855.4375855.8875c  
1 103 (67) Fairfield Jefferson, IA 855.8625860.3125c   
1 104 (68) Homestead Johnson, IA 854.7875855.0375855.3625860.3625c 
1 105 (69) Mount Vernon Linn, IA 855.0625855.1375855.4375855.5375857.3125c
1 106 (6A) Ottumwa Wapello, IA 855.0625c    
1 107 (6B) Iowa City Johnson, IA 856.3125857.3875860.8125860.8875c 
1 108 (6C) Sigourney Keokuk, IA 854.8875858.2875c858.3625  
1 109 (6D) Bloomfield Davis, IA 859.2875c    
1 110 (6E) Cedar Rapids Linn, IA 855.2625855.5625860.9125c  
1 111 (6F) Washington Washington, IA 855.1625855.4375c   
1 112 (70) Wyoming Jones, IA 855.6125858.3375c   
1 113 (71) Grand Mound Clinton, IA 855.1375857.3375c860.3875  
1 114 (72) Fort Madison Lee, IA 855.0875855.3625c   
1 115 (73) Maquoketa Jackson, IA 859.3125c    
1 116 (74) ML Kapp Plant Clinton, IA 860.8625c    
1 117 (75) Wapello Louisa, IA 855.6125855.8625857.3375c  
1 118 (76) Burlington Des Moines, IA 854.8125854.8875855.2875c  
1 119 (77) Mt. Pleasant Henry, IA 857.8125c860.3625   
1 120 (78) Muscatine Muscatine, IA 855.3625c855.8625c   
1 121 (79) Keokuk Lee, IA 855.4375855.7875c   
1 122 (7A) Marshalltown Marshall, IA 855.0875855.3625c   
1 124 (7C) Columbia Columbia, WI 855.0875c857.3125c   
1 127 (7F) Amherst Junction Portage, WI 855.5625c    
1 128 (80) Keshena Menominee, WI 855.6375    
1 129 (81) Riverside Generating Station Rock, WI 855.2875856.8375860.3625c  

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