In Reply to: Re: restoring cell. from Pro-26 to pro-51 posted by Robert Faucette on March 06, 1998 at 10:51:02:
: Radio shack is closing these out at 199 from what I can tell. Is there another place to get them? Please respond to ercodding@tayloru.edu
: On th Pro 26 scanner you don't need a chip.
: Go to the web site address "http://w5gb.nmsu.edu/kc5kto/handheld.html"
: and go down till you see the documentation on the Pro 26 scanner. There is a hyperlink for
: cellular conversion, all you need is a short piece of wire and a soldering iron. Pictures
: are included. If your scanner has epoxy over the IC to be modified you can run the jumper
: wire across at a remote location on the PC board where there is solder eyelets. Distants
: from the IC is not important.
: To test the scanner, reassemble and power up. Set the freq. limit of the scanner between
: 360 - 385 Mhz at a step freq. of 5 Khz. This will cover the cellular range.
: Remember that if a conversation gets out range of a cell tower that the freq. will change
: and you must find the freq. by going up or down the freq. limit to continue with the conversation
: being monitored. If the cellular phone is not moving that the above will not be the case.
: This is an excellent wide band 25- 1300 Mhz scanner at a cheap price. ($189.00)
:
: Hope this helps.