To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pagers in 2009 - why?
That's odd. We gave up commercial paging for the exact same reason.
Joe M.
Jacob,
Yes their is still is a use for pagers. For the general public type in
my area are used by the medical people. (Doctors and other important
hospital people). Also the other group that uses pagers are the Fire
Fighters. This paging system is on the fire dispatch channel were each
dept
Hospitals and other locations sometimes ban any device that transmits
RF. The pager meets these requirements. The pager industry has been
dying a slow death for many years now, but the bleeding has seemed to
taper off a bit. Purchasing a pager for your employee is less expensive
than a cell
I help to maintain a VHF public safety paging system. It is completely
stand-alone with no dependency on telephone circuits or power.
(Critical sites are on generator, sites are linked via RF). During a
major disaster we can stay on the air and dispatching without depending
on the
Nicely said Nate! Other benefits include MUCH longer battery life (how
long does your cell phone last? 4 hours? 6? A pager that doesn't last at
least a month on 1 AA cell has a problem!) The lack of a transmit
function is necessary in many environments, like hospitals, as well as
many
That's odd. We gave up commercial paging for the exact same reason.
Joe M.
Chuck Kelsey wrote:
Fire service relies on paging heavily. Although it can be sent via cell
phone, it is extremely unreliable, at least in our area. Sometimes pages get
held in que for hours or even days.
Chuck
The other big thing with emergency services - they want the ability to be
able to monitor traffic on the channel.
Chuck
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pagers
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