| has gloss | eng: The Motorola Minitor is a portable, analog, receive only, voice pager typically carried by fire, rescue, and EMS personnel (both volunteer and paid) to alert of emergencies. The Minitor, slightly smaller than a pack of cigarettes, is carried on a person and usually left on a silent "standby" mode. When the unit is activated, the pager sounds a tone alert, followed by an announcement from a dispatcher alerting the user of a situation. After activation, the pager either remains in an "open" position much like a scanner, and continuously broadcasts any audio transmissions on that channel until the unit is reset back into standby mode, or, in newer models, may return to silent "standby" mode (depending on programming selections). |
