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Article #6830Re: Can you Modify an OLD Pager to a new frequenc
From: Steve Schindler
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:12
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:12
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As far as changing a pager to a new frequency, as long as you stay in the same band (ie- VHF-Low, VHF-High, UHF, etc), it's not to difficult. You will need a new crystal and may have to change some components in the RF circuitry. Service manuals are available from Motorola. They contain all of the information that you will need. You will probably have to retune the receiver to get the best results. As far as activating a pager on non-commercial frequencies, pagers that require two tones to activate are easy. 5/6 tone pagers are more difficult. Pagers that use digital addressing (Golay Sequential Code used to be popular) would be a challange. The big kicker is that the transmitter that broadcasts to the pager must be licensed. If you are an amateur radio operator, you're in good shape. It might be a good excuse to get licensed if you aren't already. Steve -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schindler steve@vulture.ksc.nasa.gov Voice Systems Branch NASA - Kennedy Space Center
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