EB Pager Tones

About the Tones "Katie Q. 223"
New VHF Walkies: WPZT485 Motorola HT1250's operating on these frequencies will replace the Minitor II pagers effective 2000 hours, July 1, 2005.
Name	TX	RX	Squelch	Callsign
EBRS Repeater	159.885 Mhz	150.950 Mhz	703 DCS	WPZT485
EBRS Rescue-Ground	150.950 Mhz	Simplex	703 DCS	WPZT485
EBRS Rescue-Tac	158.355 Mhz	Simplex	703 DCS	WPZT485
EBRS Local-1	151.820 Mhz	Simplex	703 DCS	None- MURS
EBRS Local-2	151.880 Mhz	Simplex	703 DCS	None- MURS
EBRS Local-3	151.940 Mhz	Simplex	703 DCS	None- MURS
SRRS Repeater	159.885 Mhz	150.950 Mhz	103.5 Hz CTCSS	WPNT297
SRRS EMS-2 OPS	153.920 Mhz	Simplex	103.5 Hz CTCSS	Unknown
SRRS EMS-3 TAC	166.450 Mhz	Simplex	103.5 Hz CTCSS	Unknown
SRRS EMS-4 TAC	158.355 Mhz	Simplex	103.5 Hz CTCSS	WPNT297
SRRS Talkaround	150.950 Mhz	Simplex	103.5 Hz CTCSS	WPNT297
New Tones General: 2575 Hz (#33) / 1403 Hz (#19) Standby: 2575 Hz (#33) / 2807 Hz (#35) Officer: 2361 Hz (#31) / 2807 Hz (#35)
County Fire 1: KDQ223 The tones for dispatching EBRS used to be received on Motorola Minitor II pagers on Middlesex County Fire-1, a VHF low-band frequency of 33.820 Mhz. East Brunswick uses a CTCSS tone of 156.7 Hz. All of East Brunswick's emergency services used the same CTCSS tone, but Minitor II pagers do not decode it. Instead, "permacode active filters" or "tone reeds" are used in pagers to activate them. The "tone reeds" in EBRS pagers were as follows: Tone A 2575 Hz Plectron Tone #33 Tone B 2164 Hz Plectron Tone #29 Tone C 2361 Hz Plectron Tone #31 How it Works: Tone A is broadcast for one second initially. Then, Tone B is broadcast for general tones or Tone C for primary (night crew) tones for three seconds, and the pager turns on the speaker. Each of these tones are broadcast continuously, but the pager itself makes a pulsating tone when Tone B is received, and a solid tone for night crew tones. I believe this is the "R97" configuration in the pager. The following are WAV files of the tones. The general tones as heard are recorded from a Minitor II; the others are computer generated, but they are accurate, were tested, and do set off the pagers as expected: General Tones (as broadcast) General Tones (as heard) Night Crew Tones East Brunswick Fire Department tones are as follows. They still are dispatched on County Fire 1: General Fire Tones: #33 (2575 Hz) --> #23 (910 Hz) Dist. 1-- Old Bridge Volunteer Fire Dept: #33 (2575 Hz) --> #13 (1082 Hz) Dist. 2-- East Brunswick Independent Fire Co: #33 (2575 Hz) --> #11 (992 Hz) Dist. 3-- Brookview Volunteer Fire Co: #33 (2575 Hz) --> #15 (1180 Hz) For more information on Minitor pagers visit BatLabs. For more on tones see the Western Pennsylvania Scanning Frequency Page's Tone & Signaling Formats or Genave Electronics Two-Tone Paging Explained.
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