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Hospital Paging system

Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 07:26
by welshevo
morning all, whilst in the UHW Cardiff a consultant was nearby and his pager bleeped and then an announcement from another team member asking for him to come to ressuss , what i want to know is how to decode the voice? i know about pocsag and flex decoding but unsure about the voice?

any programs or suggestions?

Re: Hospital Paging system

Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 10:29
by bozzy
I thought the voice side was clear FM as I used to be able to receive this.

With a scanner, I would first hear 2 tones which I assume would open up the speaker on the required pagers, then I would hear the voice message.

It was a few years ago though when I would listen to them so not sure if this system is still in use in my area.

Re: Hospital Paging system

Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 11:08
by welshevo
ah thats what i thought FM next question is what freqs are they on ? roughly ? hahah thanks for this info

Re: Hospital Paging system

Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 11:43
by bozzy
Try this thread --> viewtopic.php?f=14&t=31572&p=273815&hil ... er#p273815

I have just tuned into 454.325 and getting strong sounding pager data, but no voice yet, maybe voice has gone digital.

Re: Hospital Paging system

Posted: 16 Jun 2017, 07:30
by bigbloke
most hospital pagers are around 454 MHz , voice demod is usually NFM

but the ratio of bleeps to voice will drive you INSANE!

regards

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