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We have a steal building and use Minitor 5 pagers. Is there an antenna or something to improve the reception inside the building?
 
You can also stick a magnet mount antenna on your building, run the cable in and attach that to the charger/amplifier. Works like a charm.
 
Our steel-reinforced concrete jail needed an interior antenna system installed. Try other methods first, much cheaper; the antenna deal was basically a repeater which only worked in the building, with antennae on the end of each floor and other specific dead zones.
 
but what if you don't have it in the charger? is there a diff solution? And some of the pagers are still minitor II and III
 
It was a retrofit on an eight floor, 1,500 inmate building. Not applicable, but tens of thousands.
Consider a cell phone reverse 911 deal? Or autodialer?
 
Depends on the frequency that your pagers use. A passive repeater can sometimes work wonders in an RF shielded environment. A yagi outside, pointed at the tower, connected by a short length of coax to a yagi inside. Sounds a little counterintuitive, but works well in warehouses and garages. Google "passive repeater" and you'll get answers.
 
DEmedic said:
Depends on the frequency that your pagers use. A passive repeater can sometimes work wonders in an RF shielded environment. A yagi outside, pointed at the tower, connected by a short length of coax to a yagi inside. Sounds a little counterintuitive, but works well in warehouses and garages. Google "passive repeater" and you'll get answers.
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Maybe a small linear amp?
Then you can send video! (hahaha).
(HAMS…they're everywhere)
 
DEmedic said:
You can also stick a magnet mount antenna on your building, run the cable in and attach that to the charger/amplifier. Works like a charm.
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Great look what you did. You woke up the radio nerd! :P
 
DEmedic said:
Depends on the frequency that your pagers use. A passive repeater can sometimes work wonders in an RF shielded environment. A yagi outside, pointed at the tower, connected by a short length of coax to a yagi inside. Sounds a little counterintuitive, but works well in warehouses and garages. Google "passive repeater" and you'll get answers.
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Depending on how good the signal is, you don't even necessarily need the internal antenna, you can just go for a leaky feeder.
 
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