Pager Tones

[reconrider8]

i know some people have said that there are decoders for like the pager tones and stuff like that to run on a computer to decode i know there are a bunch on the water dept frequencies for my county and i was wondering what some of those programs were again so i can play with some of the pager tones

[WayneH]

Most water departments use a form of SCADA. Ultimately they are designed per the needs of their department. Even if you had software to decode the data it would purely be analog status or logic states for the values and flow control. You would have to figure out which station and what the readings are for. Many systems, since water supplies can be seen as a terrorist target, will use secure systems.

Also, can you please use proper punctuation? Your post is hard to read.

[ka3jjz]

On the other hand, pager tones for your fire dispatch can be decoded - and your BCT15 can react to - using the Fire Tone Out (FTO) feature. Here's a short wiki article on the subject.

Fire Tone Out - The RadioReference Wiki

This is important - you can't scan frequencies and use FTO at the same time. It's always one or the other, not both.

You should ask in the NC forum to see if someone has them for your county (Halifax). Most fire departments won't give them out to the public...HTH...Mike

[Deadman111]

Here in New Zealand, Ive been decodong pager Messages with a free to use program PDW (Written by a guy in Norway I think), all you have to do, is find the right frequency on your scanner, you can use either soundcard input or discrimator tap.

[gr8rcall]

I decoded my fire/EMS tones using audacity.
I believe there is a link on how to do that on the TwoToneDetect Page!

Also, don't mind his (RR8's) lack of punctuation, he always posts like that.
It is very hard to read though.....
If he'd add a few periods it would be okay!