1705452 14:29:43
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
LAMRT One of the spare radios is missing from mob 1. Please check your
bags and return it as soon as possible. Steve 14:29hrs 19-04-14
0271905 14:37:49
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
EMCS WOULD LIKE TO CANCEL A CALL OUT
0944904 15:12:10
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
(891)15:11 DEVON SNOW BUNTING DAWLISH WARREN NNR 200YDS BEYOND LAST
GROYNE SX989798 *HANTS
SPOONBILL TITCHFIELD HAVEN NNR THIS A/NOON PO14 3JT SU534023
1981006 15:26:02
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
LLMRT Ref. R057744 12 YR OLD LAD HAS NOT BEEN SEEN FOR 2 HRS HAS WATER
AND ON THE LLANBERIS PATH
07714957260 15:25hrs 19-04-14 L @
1981006 15:38:15
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
LLMRT R057744 Continue to stand by no contact with informant John
Grisdale 15:37hrs 19-04-14
0940412 15:45:30
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
KSMRT tl taking call. Kath
15:45hrs 19-04-14
0944132 15:57:20
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
KSMRT FT Call out . Ankle
injury poss Yarlside. Respond to base or Cross Keys RV with Kendal Team. Adrian
15:57hrs 19-04-14
1999084 16:44:52
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
16.39 BMRT snatch incident @ Windgather Rocks. Vehicles required.
Respond to 01298918918. Ta Janette
1999084 16:44:49
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
BMRT standby inc windgather. All mobs en route. Thanks Rob S
0951348 17:53:11 19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA
1200 KSMRT STAND DOWN CASUALTY
ALL SORTED AND WITH NWAS 17:52hrs 19-04-14
0303562 17:59:41
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
PLS CONTACT BRIXHAM COASTGUARD 01803 882 704
0945873 18:01:29
19-04-14 POCSAG-4 ALPHA 1200
St John Ambulance Cumbria On-Call Team, Daily Test Message.
LAMRT Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team
LLMRT Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team
KSMRT Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team
BMRT Buxton Mountain Rescue Team
EMCS East Midland Central Station (Alarm Monitoring Station
in |Nottingham)
All monitored on 138.150MHz
I have just completed the easy discriminator modification on my Uniden Bearcat 9000XLT. I say easy, the soldering to the PCB at point TP3 had me nervous as it was out of my comfort zone, having been used only to more basic soldering and I was worried about damaging the radio. But I wanted the discriminator tap so much that I figured even if I had to buy a new radio I was prepared to take the risk of possibly damaging this one. I turned off my mobile phone and house phone so as not to be disturbed, but even with shakey hands and a wide tipped soldering iron it was OK and I would do it again no problem. Like all things, it is mostly a case of confidence and being prepared to accept responisibility for any possible damage you may do!
Two tips: get a narrow-tipped soldering iron. If I did it again, I wouldn't use a wide-tipped one. And obvious really I suppose, tin the wire well before you attempt to solder it to the TP3 point.
Phew! With that out the way the world of VHF data decoding is at my fingertips and I have had hours of fun so far. Firstly with AIS using MultiPSK:
Then I experimented with POCSAG pager decoding, using the freely available PDW decoder software, the selected results being at the top of this entry.
I am only just uncovering the wide variety of pager users, and the mountain rescue teams really catch my interest.
I have also built a small line level adjuster, comprising a variable resisitor mounted inside a box with two 3.5mm jack plugs for the input from the scanner's discriminator socket and the output to the laptop, as I wanted to bring the RX level down to a more manageable level, but it functions OK without it if you can't be bothered with any more soldering.
So far I have only sat on 153.15 and the much more interesting 138.15mhz, so there are many more frequencies to try.
73 for now, M6RDP
