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Originally Posted by dsheli
For initial testing could I just pipe it directly out of the scanner? Anyone have a cheap scanner they want to sell me?
David
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Depends on what paging Protocol is being used. If it is Pocsag, then you can ceratinly use Speaker/Earphone audio. Numerous people in my area use PDW, using only Speaker/Earphone audio, to monitor the local Pocsag pagers (the Emergency Services (Public Safety) use them a lot). If your network is using Flex, then I can't help.
Bitrates (Baud) for Pocsag are: 512, 1200, are 2400, and in PDW you can elect to monitor all bitrates at the same time, although we have never seen any 2400 on our local systems.
Obviously, 152.48 is the frequency you need to program into your scanner.
Be Warned: PDW is VERY sensitive to the setting of the Volume level. A "cat's wisker" either way, can mean the diffference between Decoding and NOT decoding.
Also, these two links might be of some use.
http://a23.video2.blip.tv/2510001217...erPart1238.m4v which is 72 Megs, and
http://a11.video2.blip.tv/1070001263...Scanner869.m4v which is 26 Megs.
Basically they show how to put a Discriminator Tap on a Pager.
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Comint