I must be the last person still getting dervice and carrying a two-tone voice (analog) pager on an RCC channel!!
------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:04:20 AM CST From: "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 2865 > > Neil McKie wrote: > > > > > A new VHF paging system just was installed near here in the > > last few weeks. > > > > Rich wrote: > > > >>155.820 > >>BEND, CITY OF WNNU934 > >>100 watts Overturf Butte (Bend) > >>100 watts Awbrey Butte (Bend) > >>300 watts Wampus Butte (La Pine) > >>300 watts Gray Butte (Madras) > > > > > > VHF paging is apparently here to stay - whether we like it or not. > > > > Neil - WA6KLA > > Ah-this is a public safety system. It may or may not even be digital. > The problem the thread has been about is common carrier paging networks, > which used digital modulation (POCSAG or GOLAY usually), and mostly > operated on old IMTS/RCC mobile phone channels. It's those freqs that > are getting shuffled back into the deck as paging companies shut down > the VHF networks. > > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
