

I think Pocsag can all be decoded with a discriminator tap into your computers line in but it's been years since I messed with it so things could have changed since then. The old audio type discriminator taps usually won't work on FLex above 1600 baud. If you delve into FLEX paging, any FLEX signals above 1600 Baud (most are 3200 or 6400 today) will usually require what's called a 4-level data slicer circuit for the 4-level reason as well as to simply handle the higher baud rate.

Unication sells Pocsag and Flex pagers with the encryption option. Some paging systems actually have a form of encryption available to the end users today. They are still used heavily by the medical field like for hospitals and doctors.Īs for POCSAG or FLEX, both still very well used. It's basically the nations large paging carriers that are technically illegal to monitor in the US. As is monitoring paging (tone-out) from fire districts that still use analog tone-out signaling. Private company paging monitoring is legal I think. Many don't know or believe this but it's true and follows the same rules as monitoring cordless phones that can still be monitored by a scanner. Probably best to click the "Report" link below you post here and ask that your post be moved to the Florida forum.īe advised the monitoring and decoding of paging signals in the US is technically a federal offense under the ECPA rules. Post in the Florida forum and mention Sarasota in your post. Paging is not normally shown on FCC records in an easily searchable format so asking in your states forum and mentioning your city may get you the best answers.
