| Expert | Average Ratings | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
Chris BushmanAvailable
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I have been an amateur radio operator for about 36 years. | |
George DerringerU.S.
On Vacation
returns 11/20/2009 |
I know a great deal about shortwave radio and Macintosh computers, especially older ones. |
You don't actually set the transmit freq, you set an offset from the receive freq. You tell the radio that you want to run duplex "dup" and you tell it what the offset is and you tell it whether that offset
Tony, I'm afraid that your Puxing is not capable of that. Your pager, which is probably a Minitor, has special electronics to recognize the double tone that is transmitted. Each tone is a different frequency
The first thing to do, Tony, is to find out what frequency is used by the paging system. The frequency range on the Puxing is 136-174Mhz. If the page system is in that range, there is a good possibility
You have chosen a fine radio -- but shortwave doesn't work well in moving cars. The metal of the car shields the signals, which are generally much weaker than AM signals and therefore more subject to

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