I was doing some browsing around at work (spare time of course <wink>) and came across something interesting. German hams were working on a system that utilized a pager to pass packet information. The system is called <style>
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</style>SAMS (Short Amateur Message System). A description is here <<a href="http://www.dd1us.de/amateur%20radio%20portable.html">http://www.dd1us.de/amateur radio portable.html</a>> you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page. From what I see it is 1200bd signal on VHF & UHF received on an alpha/numeric pager.<br>
<br>I haven't found any current information but it looks interesting and would like to know if anyone may know the status of the project. Sounds like something that could be used for APRS?<br clear="all"><br>73,<br>Matt Murphy, kc8bew<br>
<a href="http://kc8bew.net">http://kc8bew.net</a><br>Muskingum Co. ARES EC<br>