A pager, also called a page or beeper, is a telecommunications device used to receive short messages or alerts. "Minitor" refers to a voice pager manufactured by Motorola.
Use
Minitor pagers are largely used by EMS, fire and rescue personnel. The Minitor is typically carried in standby, or silent, mode. The pager starts a tone alert when activated, which is then followed by an audio broadcast announcement from the dispatcher. The pager then continues to broadcast audio transmissions on the pager's channel until returned to standby mode.
Operation
Minitor pagers can operate in UHF, VHF High Band and VHF Low Band frequencies. The pagers are activated via two-tone selective calling. Selective calling is used to address a subset of two-way radios on one radio frequency channel. This enables the Minitor pager to activate when a particular set of tones are transmitted over the frequency that the pager is set to.
Features
Minitor pagers can be set to multiple activation tones and can simultaneously scan up to two channels. These pagers can also record up to eight minutes of voice transmissions after the pager is activated. Many Minitor models offer field programmable options such as push-to-listen, nonpriority scan and alert duration.
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