That is true but:
     a) pagers turn on/off the recieving circuit and logic is always on.
     b) When a message is going to be transmitted the POCSAG protocol start
     with a "preamble signal" repetions of 1 & 0, at least 576 bits. This
     makes a pagers wake up (turns on reciving circuit permanly) and listen
     to the syncronization & rest of the batches. pager will return to the
     battery-save-cycle if the CODE ID is not his or after recivieng the
     message.

     About FLEX protcol, forget it is to complex and motorola will not give
     FREE this kind of information.

     Regards
     Juan Jimenez.



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Subject: Re: [OT] Pager Transmitter
Author:  PDRUNEN@AOL.COM at smtplink-dl
Date:    03-9-99 8:26 AM


I'm not sure about POCSAG but I understand that in order for the pager
receiver to last so long on a 1.5V battery is that it knows when to listen
for a page and when to shut off.  Reduced current draw extents battery life
of course.

If you are not on a network that provides a sync signal then your pager will
cycle on/off looking for the signal.  That don't mean that it will not work
as you want, you may just have to live with reduced battery life or transmit
a sync signal during idle times from the transmit location.