Individual selective-calling receiver with reduced number of switches

An individual selective-calling receiver for use in a communication system, in which a plurality of receivers are and a specified one of the receivers is selectively called by using a selected one of a plurality of transmitting frequencies, said individual selective-calling receiver comprising:

• a switch;
• a first timer, operatively associated with said switch, for generating an output signal in response to said switch being placed in an ON-state for a time period longer than a first predetermined time period;.
• a second timer, operatively associated with said first timer and started in response to the output signal of the first timer, for generating an output signal at predetermined time intervals;
• and
• a receiving-frequency selection circuit, operatively associated with said first timer and said second timer, for performing a frequency selecting operation to select one of a plurality of receiving frequencies, said receiving-frequency selection circuit (i) commencing said frequency selecting operation on the basis of the output signal of the first timer, wherein the plurality of receiving frequencies are successively selected by said receiving-frequency selection circuit in accordance with the output signal of the second timer, and (ii) stopping the frequency selecting operation when the switch is placed in the ON-state after having been placed in an OFF-state at some time after said output signal of said first timer is generated, to select said one of said plurality of receiving frequencies.