How to Use Pager Codes

Although most pagers are restricted to numerical messages, they can be used to express more than phone numbers. Set up pager code systems with your friends to make specific communication fast and easy.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pagers
• Telephones

1. Memorize commonly used pager codes such as 411 ("I need/have information for/from you"), 007 ("I have a secret for you") and 911 ("I have an urgent message for you/Respond immediately").

2. Use a pocket calculator to see what words you can make out of numbers, especially when read upside down. Good examples include "HELLO" (07734), "LATE" (87) and for the holidays, "HO HO HO" (040404).

3. Use famous dates to make suggestions or express other feelings. Examples include 1492 to suggest "Let's go sailing" and 1776 to say "You're revolting."

4. Try making little pictures out of the numbers. For example, the message 10000001 looks like two people standing a great distance apart. This code is often used to say "I miss you."

5. Establish other recognizable codes with your friends. For example, a popular way of saying "I love you" on a pager is the message "143," because it represents the number of letters in each word of the phrase (I: 1, LOVE: 4, YOU: 3).

6. Assign short, two- or three-digit numerical ID codes to your friends and yourself to avoid having to punch in entire phone numbers when sending pages.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to enter your phone number or numerical ID before you enter the pager code, so the recipient knows who is sending the page.

on 6/30/2006 Because people can use more than one number for different letters and combinations of numbers for one letter, pager code can sometimes be confusing. Heres a general alphabet.

A - 8
B - 8
C - 0 or 6
D - 0
E - 3
F - 9
G - 6
H - 4
I - 1
J - 7 or 9
K - 15 or 14
L - 1 or 7
M - 177
N - 17
O - 0
P - 9
Q - 9
R - 12
S - 5
T - 7
U - 11
V - 11
W - 111
X - 25
Y - 4
Z - 5

This is a general alphabet, and will change based on the individual and their network of friends.

on 11/22/2005 I miss you: 1-177155-11; Call me: 2611-1773; I'm home: 1 6177-401773; Wake up: 1116153-119; Good luck: 6000-111215; Where are you: 11143123-12-11; You smell: 11-5177311; Why: 11144; I'm bored: 1177=801230. Look at 'em real hard to understand. Good luck!

on 11/22/2005 Punch in **143 and this will actually say the words "I Love You" instead of some code.

on 11/22/2005 It's a little long, but is awesome. Just read upside down: 17*31707*1

on 11/22/2005 Another way of saying I love you, besides 143, is 831. My boyfriend told me this and we put it on our pagers. It is 831 because "I love you" has 8 letters, 3 words, and 1 meaning!