Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video provides a technical introduction to POCSAG paging, including a description of RF parameters as well as a detailed explanation of the format of POCSAG messages.

Getting Started with the CMA180 – POCSAG Testing: youtube.com/watch?v=cpx5JK-4OaA

Test and Measurement Fundamentals Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKxVoO5jUTlvsVtDcqrVn0ybqBVlLj2z8

Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:14 About paging
01:09 Advantages of paging
02:38 Pager applications
03:55 About POCSAG
04:43 Modulation
05:54 Transmission rates
06:25 Pager parameters
07:06 Capcode
08:00 Transmission format
08:32 Preamble
09:23 Frame synchronization codeword
09:46 Codewords
10:43 Address codeword
11:49 Message codeword
12:41 Testing POCSAG pagers
13:28 Summary