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Similar units to FS informer?

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RT145

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I was looking to get a Federal Signal informer for our station, however our frequency is in the 483 range which is outside of the 450-470 UHF range for the informer. I spoke to FS and they said that there is no way to program a frequency that high off of the range without having custom ones built and having to order about 200 of them.

Does anyone know of a similar device that works like the Informer that would work with that frequency range?

We're in the process of trying to build one with a CDM1250 but while we're working out the bugs with that I wanted to see if there might be another option.
 

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All you need is a mobile radio with 2 tone decode and a small PA amplifier and speaker.
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CommTekk sells the ARX alert receiver which is just a analog scanner
with decode ability and relays.
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it covers 406-512Mhz
 

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With proper tuning / alignment the Informer can be set up on "T" band frequencies.
 
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