On Saturday, February 8th, 1997 - Dan Wall wrote:
 
DW> >active?  What's Ispern?  I'm not familiar with that.
DW> It's been many years since I lived in Illiinois, but ISPERN is the 
DW> Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network.  They use it to 
DW> broadcast regional and statewide notifications to all police 
DW> departments and is a great source of entertainment.  One thing became 
DW> abundantly clear when I listened to it -- anyone who was stupid 
DW> enough to drive off from a gas station without paying was caught in 
DW> less than 20 minutes.  In many years of listening , I don't think I 
DW> *ever* heard anyone get away with a free tank of gas! 
            
Hmmm... Here in Wisconsin they call it Wispern. 155.475 and it's used
different. They use it as a low power non repeator car to car with all
units having it (city, county, state, FBI etc...) Seldom used unless
more than 1 county is in on a chase or a private conversation.
From what you describe above it sounds more like point-to-point (HIGH
powered county to county, county to state, FBI to county or state etc..) 
using a frequency of 155.37...
Of corse they do things different in Wisconsin...
Ok so in California they call the hiway patrol CHIPS right???
Here in Wisconsin they call them WIMPS for Wisconsin Motor Police
Squads...
  Rocky
 
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