- Plectron
Infobox Company
company_name = Plectron Corporation
company_
company_type = Public
foundation =1955
termination =1996
location =
key_people = Arlyn H. Collins, Keith Wycoff
industry =Electronics ,Fire Safety
products = Radio Receivers, Fire helmets,Public Safety
homepage =A Plectron is a specialized
VHF /UHF single-channel, emergency alertingradio receiver , used to activate emergency response personnel, and disaster warning systems. Manufactured from the late 1950s, through the late 1990s, by the Plectron Corporation inOverton, Nebraska , hundreds of thousands of these radios were placed in homes of first responders across all of North America. This includedambulance crews, full-time and volunteerfirefighters , off-duty specializedpolice response teams,Civil Defense members, andsearch and rescue teams.A Plectron's main feature (distinguishing it from a regular squelched radio) was its selective de-squelching. It would only sound when a correct pair of tones were broadcast - allowing many agencies (with different tones) to share the same frequency. The
Motorola MINITOR pager also used this function and have largely replaced the Plectron.ee also
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Motorola
*Motorola MINITOR pager
*Pager
*Radio
*Communication
*Firefighting
*Dispatching References
* Bob Parnass, AJ9S (October, 1999). Plectron R-700 Monitor Receivers. "Monitoring Times magazine" (monthly periodical).
External links
* [http://www.batlabs.com/alertfaq.html "Add a Plectron or Motorola Alert Desktop Monitor Receiver to Your Scanner Collection" by Bob Parnass, AJ9S.]
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