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Jaridien
6 months ago

Pagers were basically predecessors or Alternative to mobile phones that could only receive messages. They thus worked similar to radios but had prepared an individual number with which a single or a group of receivers could be addressed.

The first pagers had only four LEDs, so only 4 states could be transmitted. The meaning of the individual LEDs was agreed in advance, e.g. “Please call a specific call number”. This was often popular with companies with outside service employees, as they were always accessible, and it was a bit cheaper than the first and second generation mobile radios at that time.

CatsEyes
6 months ago

Definition

The Pager is a mobile radio receiver. Depending on the model Alarm clocks, Text messages or Languages transfer. The radio detector allows individual persons or groups to be addressed in a targeted manner and to provide information. At construction sites, it is therefore used for controlling the workflows and for communication.

The functions of a pager

The pager functions allow a precise notification, without other participants being able to listen or read. The message transmission of a detector is also very fast. The addressing of large groups also takes over electronics. The cancelled message meets in real time and without long dialing procedures. Depending on the model, a confirmation of the received message is also possible.

(From https://www.securitycene.de/sicherheitslexikon/pager/

CatsEyes
6 months ago
Reply to  stealthuser

The pager messages are sent by their own transmitters in the UHF, VHF range or also via telephone poles.

CatsEyes
6 months ago
Reply to  stealthuser

You can’t determine the location by pager, as usual pagers are only pure recipients. There are also dialogueable pagers, but they are certainly not used in the current case, because the recipient’s location should not be recognizable.

Common pagers have no encryption.

Pagers have as little a clear address as a radio receiver.

A type of code with which the receiver is addressed is safe with in the mail. But all pagers can receive it, but only show the message when their code matches the message code.

Pager messages are also only intended for the notification of persons so that they may report back with other means, so that they should not contain directly secret information.

There are also methods for addressing whole groups of pagodas.