RadioBanter - View Single Post - Questions about Minitor Pagers (VHF) (154 mhz)

August 6th 05, 03:12 AM

wrote in :

I may be doing some free lancing in the near future and wanted to
ask a few questions about a Minitor 2 vs Minitor 3 radio pager
unit.

This would be operating in the 154 mhz band with 2-tone paging.

From reading various articles in the past I got the impression
the Minitor 3's were synthesized units, and were disasters
when they were 1st placed into service by Motorola. Is this
true?

Is there a Minitor 4 pager available?

Should I try and buy a new unit or clean used unit? Any information
appreciated.

Thanks.

KM

We dont freelance in fire/ems, but perhaps you're not talking about what
it means to me.
Minitor II's used tone reeds... now sometimes difficult to get, and
prevented you from quickly changing tones.
III's are synthesized, and pretty much non-existant. IV's replaced them
quickly, never did get the real scoop, but I think it was a
manufacturing issue.
IV's are out, and now so are the V's. We use IV's, UHF tho, and havent
had a single complaint with them. They are available in a variety of
flavors, with/without stored voice, vibrate, 2 channels, etc.

john