[FoxHunt] DF 27 MHz.

[Steven Donnell]

A paging system is the exact type of system that I was thinking of:. 
27.255 MHz is approved for various types of remote control and alarm 
systems. Is where the signal is strongest, anywhere near a restaurant or 
some place that USED to be one? One type of restaurant paging system 
that Im familiar w/ which sounds very close to the one you describe, 
which operated on 27.255 MHz, was made by a company called Signoloies. 
As originally designed/sold, the transmitters ran only 4W, into a short 
whip. The system would send out a brief burst every 8 to10 sec to 
prevent the pagers from going into alarm/out of range mode; Mostly to 
keep people from just walking away w/ them while they were waiting for a 
table to become available,,. I suspect that most of these systems have 
been since been replaced w/ newer ones such as those LongRange "coaster" 
pagers that operate on higher frequencies. Take a drive by your local 
Olive Garden or Smokey Bones, or similar "tablecloth" eatery,  and 
listen for digital paging traffic on 467.750, .900, etc.           Good 
luck!  Steve, DE  WA1YKL

Mark Harrison wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
>
> Could it be a 27MHz paging system?
> It's just the sort of thing a fire department would have (or had 30
> years ago and has been forgotten about!).
> They often use several hundreds of watts, and may even use multiple
> transmitter sites  - for instance, one transmitter at the station for
> good coverage inside buildings, and more on surrounding mountains for
> wider mobile coverage.  Multiple transmitters will of course make
> tracking all the more interesting!
>