HT1000 as a fire pager?

[gadgetguy15]

I recently got my RSS software to work for my old HT1000 radio. In playing with it I see there is an option for Quickcall and stuff...is there a way to set it up to alert when fire paging tones are set off, like a fire pager? What about the NWS freq, could I set it up to alert when they set the emergency tones off?

 

[KB9LIQ]

I don't remember for sure if all HT1000 support QC but I think they did so yes you can set them up to work like a pager but only decode. No encode for QCII

 

[code3cowboy]

It depends on the paging format. If it is quickcall2, or MDC-1200 sure. You just need the pager tone frequencies, you can find them in the chart here: Motorola Quick Call 2 - Pager Codes

The NWS stuff is singletone at 1050hz and you can program that in F4, Singletone Options however there is not a way to have your radio decode the NWS alert that I can find.

 

[JASII]

That is what I recall, too. No SAME decode, but two-tone sequential will work great! So with the National Weather Service you will get EVERYTHING as far as alerts go; no way to narrow it to just your county or event type. I thought I heard that NWS might discontinue 1050 hZ in the future, but from all accounts I have heard lately they are still supporting 1050 hZ alerting.