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Loggings => VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes => Topic started by: R4002 on November 15, 2022, 0157 UTC

Title: UK Hospital Pagers 31.725 MHz / 31.750 MHz / 31.775 MHz
Post by: R4002 on November 15, 2022, 0157 UTC

With the recent band openings, I've done some research and in addition to the dozens upon dozens of pagers in the 26-28 MHz band and 29.7-30 MHz band, the UK use

31.725 MHz
31.750 MHz
31.775 MHz

and I've noted POCSAG signals on 31.75 MHz with just a handheld scanner and a telescopic antenna (CB/11m/10m base loaded antenna, roughly 50" long fully extended). 

Looking forward to more band openings on 11 meters, 10 meters, the VHF low band and 6 meters.  Lots of interesting signals in the 26-28 MHz, 29.7 MHz to 30 MHz and 30-50 MHz low band coming out of the UK, Europe, Latin America...

Title: Re: UK Hospital Pagers 31.725 MHz / 31.750 MHz / 31.775 MHz
Post by: R4002 on December 20, 2022, 1531 UTC

As a follow up to this - the band is open again today, and I'm hearing faint POCSAG signals on 31.7250, 31.7500 and 31.7750...fading up out of the noise a tiny bit right now (1530 UTC) on 20 December 2022.

The 11m band is wide open the Europe, the UK and Latin America right now so it makes sense.