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* Bloominglabs has two VHF ham radios sitting idle which could be used for the transmitter. Our Yaesu tri-band radio could be used for this too for UHV coverage. Also the newly donated pager repeater.
 
* Bloominglabs has two VHF ham radios sitting idle which could be used for the transmitter. Our Yaesu tri-band radio could be used for this too for UHV coverage. Also the newly donated pager repeater.
  
*Possibly purchasing a lot of 12 Motorola Advisor Alpha pagers(http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/motorola_advisor_a05klb5162aa.html, POCSAG, 931.2375mhz)  
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*Purchased a lot of 12 Motorola Advisor Alpha pagers(http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/motorola_advisor_a05klb5162aa.html, POCSAG, 931.2375mhz)  
  
 
*The older Thinkpad has an RS232 port
 
*The older Thinkpad has an RS232 port

Latest revision as of 16:27, 10 June 2016

Proposal to create a pager network emanating from Bloominglabs.

[edit] Useful Links

Detailed description of pager networks

Hackaday.io page for the OSOMCOM POCSAG project

More information on OSOMCOM POCSAG

Ancient link detailing a very simple pager network setup with minimal components

Hackaday article detailing an alternative modern pager network setup

POCSAG encoder for GNU/Radio(many decoders exist for GNU/Radio and in general)

[edit] Implementation

  • Bloominglabs has two VHF ham radios sitting idle which could be used for the transmitter. Our Yaesu tri-band radio could be used for this too for UHV coverage. Also the newly donated pager repeater.
  • The older Thinkpad has an RS232 port
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