David
I got my hampager in the mail and @sa7sse joined in on the fun by sending me a page from his DMR radio.
Jan 21, 2020 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadJesperJan 21, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse what model pager is that?
Show threadDavidJan 21, 2020

@graffen @sa7sse it's a china clone of the alphapoc pager 602R.

I would probably just by it on
https://www.alphapoc-europe.de/epages/es754865.mobile/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es754865/Products/602R now. Then you need a hotspot (since no repeater near by) and a user on hampager.de

Alphapoc pager 602R

Show threadJesperJan 22, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse
Do I need the programmer too or is the pager itself enough? 😊
Show threadDavidJan 22, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse as long as it's set to run on 439.9875 you should be fine without the programmer.
You can program the RICs in the menu.
Show threadDavidJan 22, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse There isn't that many high power senders around here, so you probably want to use your DMR hotspot to send POCSAG (it's fairly easy to setup)
Show threadJesperJan 22, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse that was my plan 😊
Show threadDavidJan 22, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse Nice, and if you end up needing a programming cable. My clone came with one. :D
Show threadJesperJan 22, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse I still need to come up with a good use case for it though. I'm sure there are plenty of cool things I can do.
Show threadDavidJan 22, 2020

@graffen @sa7sse You can subscribe to "rubrics". Like weather and such. They make sure to only send it out on the relevant sender groups. So you don't end up with UK weather.

They also have an API so you can write a script to send you a page whenever someone is active in the bornhack tg.

Show threadDavidJan 23, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse You can set the frequency from the menu as well. I changed it on mine, since the one the germans use is outside of the ham frequencies for Sweden (and maybe Denmark as well).
Show threadJesperJan 23, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse is there an agreed-on frequency for ham POCSAG in our neck of the woods?
Show threadDavidJan 23, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse I don't know, i just dropped it down to 437 (otherwise the same frequency just dropped by 2 MHz)
Show threadDavidJan 23, 2020
@graffen @sa7sse Dropped it down to 433.987500 to not interfere with satellite stuff.
@DC7IA do you know if there is an other agreed upon frequency for pocsag?
Show threadJesperJan 22, 2020
@slaveriq @sa7sse ordered 🤣 I feel like it's 1999 all over again!