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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>72 MHz was not used for paging but was the control for paging systems. It was widely used for control for simulcast paging systems because delay between actual paging transmitters could be precisely controlled. No pagers were made for 72 MHz.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">Matthew Chambers via aprssig</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 22, 2020 12:50 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">Robert Bruninga</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [aprssig] Paging Transmitters at 72 MHz?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Yup, there is. My local one can be decoded with a soundcard POCSAG decoder. It is also simulcast on the 154MHz band. (I think the 154 is retransmitting the 72). Most of the pages decoded are related to hospital lab or housekeeping, "Dr X, your PX lab results are available" or "Room x needs service". </span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I imagine the paging transmitters are that's left in the VHF Midband, I hope eventually they phase out and maybe us US hams get a chance to get access to 4m. Would be a nice band for APRS. Antennas shorter then 6m but coverage more like 6m. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Off topic, is there a standard 6m APRS frequency<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, May 22, 2020, 09:47 Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>Is there still a Paging band at 72 MHz?<br>I found an old paging transmitter<br>bob<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>