-=> On 07-25-18 00:13, David Abutbul wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    DA> I am using a Hytera/Tytera/(shi) 380 with a customized firmware. I have   
    DA> local repeaters routing me to the big talkgroups 91 3200 etc but can   
    DA> also probably find some slots to dial up since our relays here are   
    DA> often silent. :(   
      
   Oh, OK.  I haven't been on DMR for a while, but have hung out on the VK   
   talkgroups. :)   
      
    TL>  DA> I never played around with POCSAG, I hope you have good fun!   
    TL> I'm familiar with POCSAG as a user and scanner monitor.  The fire   
    TL> service uses it for alerting members to incidents, and I have a pager   
    TL> for that.  I can see value in a local pager for ham use, especially as I   
    TL> am not always able to leave a rig running.   
      
    DA> do you get POCSAG signal via some satellite subscription or can anyone   
    DA> send and receive those for free?   
      
   The system I described is for emergency service use, it's internal to the   
   emergency services - i.e. between dispatch and members, with some degree of   
   member to member messaging possible.  From what I understand, there's almost   
   200 transmitters spread across the state, simulcasting the traffic on the same   
   frequency, so my pager works anywhere within the state.   
      
      
   ... I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.   
   === MultiMail/Win v0.51   
   --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux   
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)