The USAlert Alpha 2 pager is designed for Alphanumeric, Numeric and Tone Only paging applications and is operational in the VHF, UHF, and 900 MHz frequency ranges. Using the POCSAG coding format, it has 6 frame independent addresses and 24 sub-addresses. The fully synthesized pager has a large 2-Line, 18 characters per line display and a maximum of 500 characters per message. The Alpha 2 can handle up to 60 messages with a total memory capacity of 7000 characters.