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UPDATE: POCSAG on a Cheap Yellow Display

POCSAG is still alive. Your county EMS is still broadcasting dispatches in plaintext over frequencies anyone can receive. I built a scanner that listens to all of it.

Live POCSAG Pager Decoder on a $15 ESP32 Display

An RTL-SDR running on a Pi4 decodes live POCSAG pager traffic and publishes it over MQTT. A $15 ESP32 touchscreen display subscribes and shows pages in a retro green-on-black UI. Full build guide including the CYD display config that took way too long to find.