Harford County US Alert Nova Pagers

[chrisb480]

Hi all,

Im looking to buy a Us Alert Nova pager on my own very soon. Harford County is the only MD county that I know of that still uses the Nova's and not the classic Minitor Pagers ( although some people have them). I have very little knowledge on programming a Nova and I'm hoping someone else does. Of course I have my desired tone and frequency I found off the database, but I lack everything else as far as alerting address and what band (wide or narrow) Harford Co. is on. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[ocguard]

Harford County government purchased the USAlert Nova pagers in 2001 when there was a need to replace Minitor II pagers. At the time, Motorola was in flux as to which model of Minitor would be the mainstay replacement for the II. Novas were a VERY cheap alternative.

I would recommend NOT purchasing the Nova pager. It's very flimsy, not too loud, and not very known. If I were you, I would consider investing in a Motorola Minitor V (5) pager (new or used) or a Minitor IV (4) model used. You can look on ebay.

If you MUST have a Nova pager, the only place I know where to get them is Falcon Direct US Alert NOVA pager from Falcon Direct is efficient and affordable!  1.800.489.2611..

 

[ocguard]

Harford County pages on 460.600mhz, and it's still wideband for know (AFAIK). If you purchase a MiniV, you'll be a step ahead when it's time to move to narrow-band, as that pager is narrow-band capable. Addressing depends on what you want to hear. You'll need your fire tone (A-B) and may want the ambulance tone (Long-B). There is also a county-wide all-call tone which is Long-C. Your company may have a duty crew tone as well. The MiniV is more than capable of handling all of these tone address combinations.

 

[ResQguy]

FWIW the USAlert Watchdog is a much better unit than the Nova. And plenty more affordable than the Minitor V. WatchDog

 

[ocguard]

FWIW the USAlert Watchdog is a much better unit than the Nova. And plenty more affordable than the Minitor V. WatchDog

Cool -- hadn't heard of that yet. Also consider Apollo http://www.apollowireless.com/shtml/category/FullPath/2;820/id/820.html