Minitor Motorola Solutions and UCC will announce the new MINITOR 7 Pager On Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the FDIC Fire trade Show

[TXFire]

Still waiting for an actual brochure with specs, but so far Minitor 7 looking like they added 4 more minutes voice storage and upped the price $150. No thanks

 

[ffexpCP]

Probably still needs a proprietary programming cradle

 

[ryolsen8]

Probably still needs a proprietary programming cradle

I did inquire about that... New charger and programming cradle... Same battery though.

 

[KC3AWP]

Super underwhelming... would have been nice to add CTCSS at least to quiet down adjacent digital channels and the hiss during recording when there is dead air. It also be nice to add more than two duty tones per channel. Currently, to get around this we buy the five channel, program the same frequency in each channel, and then load each on/off-duty pair...

New programming cradles is whatever but if they change the batt to that's a punch in the gut especially since we just phased out our 5's last year.

At this point, ill ride out the 6's until they're DC'd and everyone runs out of stock. With the size and weight of modern radios, or any radio still worth carrying, a pager is still 100% the best thing to use off-duty/ standing by.

 

[ten13]

a pager is still 100% the best thing to use off-duty/ standing by.

Really?

What about a cell phone? Why carry two things when one is more than enough?

There are agencies, both paid and volunteer, who have relegated the "pager" to a mere "standby" tool, rather than a main source of notification....if they still have them at all.

Consider this:

• the pager is limited, geographically, in just how far a toned-out page will be received, whereas a cell phone, with its unlimited towers, can receive the notification no matter where you are;
• text messaging sent out by the agency is, in itself, a cheaper and more convenient alternative to receiving notifications. There is also apps available to co-ordinate communications between department and agency members via text messages, too.
• if the "sound" of the tones going off and listening to the Dispatcher is what gets you up, then your agency...or members...signing up for such things as "eDispatch" will fill your bill, which will generate a phone call to your cell phone, with the tone/voice message that was sent and, again, with no geographical limitations.

As someone implies above, just why Motorola has delved into pagers again, especially with the success of Unication...as well as the above alternatives...with a pager with basically just a new case...is rather questionable.

 

[jeepsandradios]

Really?

What about a cell phone? Why carry two things when one is more than enough?

There are agencies, both paid and volunteer, who have relegated the "pager" to a mere "standby" tool, rather than a main source of notification....if they still have them at all.

Consider this:

• the pager is limited, geographically, in just how far a toned-out page will be received, whereas a cell phone, with its unlimited towers, can receive the notification no matter where you are;
• text messaging sent out by the agency is, in itself, a cheaper and more convenient alternative to receiving notifications. There is also apps available to co-ordinate communications between department and agency members via text messages, too.
• if the "sound" of the tones going off and listening to the Dispatcher is what gets you up, then your agency...or members...signing up for such things as "eDispatch" will fill your bill, which will generate a phone call to your cell phone, with the tone/voice message that was sent and, again, with no geographical limitations.

As someone implies above, just why Motorola has delved into pagers again, especially with the success of Unication...as well as the above alternatives...with a pager with basically just a new case...is rather questionable.

I guess you dont live in rural america where cell coverage sucks. Add on 911 loosing internet here and there. Our primary means is pager and is the only supported method of aleting. Guess each area has there own primary but in my areas I dont know how we could use cell for primary.

 

[KC3AWP]

• the pager is limited, geographically, in just how far a toned-out page will be received, whereas a cell phone, with its unlimited towers, can receive the notification no matter where you are;

Generally, if im off-duty but standing by for calls, im well within the coverage area offered by my pager... And despite what the big three cell carriers would like you to believe, they are nowhere near reliable coverage in central Pennsylvania. Cellular is 100% reliable 65% of the time.

text messaging sent out by the agency is, in itself, a cheaper and more convenient alternative to receiving notifications. There is also apps available to co-ordinate communications between department and agency members via text messages, too.

I agree with you on this, it has made interagency communications a breeze but this was never done over our dispatch anyways. Others may have.

if the "sound" of the tones going off and listening to the Dispatcher is what gets you up, then your agency...or members...signing up for such things as "eDispatch" will fill your bill, which will generate a phone call to your cell phone, with the tone/voice message that was sent and, again, with no geographical limitations.

The sound of my tones isn't what usually wakes me, it's my pager. The little ding my phone makes when a CAD is pushed to it does not. As for our County, I also get more info over the voice page vs CAD push to my phone, YMMV. And again for the geographical issue, I feel if you're so far away from your coverage area that you no longer hear your dispatch center, you're not really in a position to respond.

The issue of using phone apps to replace pagers, there's usually no further info after your notification. Who responded? Did additional info come in after the initial dispatch? Did a numerical change in the address? Did another unit come available and swap assignments with you? Some places may do it right, but I imagine most don't.

Also, take into account that the Counties that dispatch over radio generally own the infrastructure that does the paging and voice dispatching. So in the realms of public safety, its an entity they own and maintain and in turn, they know its reliability in the event of a disaster. While cell towers are generally well-maintained and backed up, they are still owned by an outside entity are still used by the lay public, and are prone to failure.

 

[firebell9137]

Does anyone know the release date of the minitor 7?

 

[ryolsen8]

Does anyone know the release date of the minitor 7?

A quick google search shows that Magnum Electronics offers them for-sale. Wiscomm as well.

 

[firebell9137]

A quick google search shows that Magnum Electronics offers them for-sale. Wiscomm as well.

Yup but being released it says in June 2024. Is the programming cradle the same as minitor 6's cradle?

 

[ryolsen8]

Yup but being released it says in June 2024. Is the programming cradle the same as minitor 6's cradle?

The battery is the only compatible piece between the two.

 

[firebell9137]

The battery is the only compatible piece between the two.

WIscomm is out of the programming kits.

 

[ryolsen8]

WIscomm is out of the programming kits.

I haven't found a place that has them available... yet.

 

[GTR8000]

Does anyone know the release date of the minitor 7?

Yup but being released it says in June 2024. Is the programming cradle the same as minitor 6's cradle?

Seems like you've already answered your own question, but if you really need to know the exact date of availability, contact your local MSI dealer and inquire.

 

[firebell9137]

I haven't found a place that has them available... yet.

Ok share when you do please

 

[Rudy3145]

In my opinion:

Minitor - Ok, but huge
Minitor II - The BEST
Minitor III - Complete garbage
Minitor IV - Decent, a relief after suffering with the Min III
Minitor V - Ok but a little bulky
Minitor VI - Good, solid and reliable