August 6th 05, 01:40 PM
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on Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:53:29 -0400, stated:
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.
I've got a Minitor IV and like it - as John says, it's got more
options than the II, including vibrate mode (very useful, since
the organization I'm in is all-volunteer, and we're all on 24/7)
and it records - an amazingly useful function that I don't know
how I lived without. We're also operating in the 154 MHz band
with two-tone paging.
I had a Minitor II until about six months ago, and I will say
in its favor that it was slightly more sensitive. Out here in
the backwoods, with rolling hills and limited towers, that's
important. But the difference between that and the IV reception
is, as far as I can tell, very slight. We haven't yet gotten
any V's to try out; being that we're small potatoes, it might
be a while.
-Allison
very small town volunteer firefighter
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