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- RS PRO2004
- 6,400 CHANNELS FOR YOUR PRO-2004 SCANNER
-
- by Bob Parnass, AJ9S
-
- Chicagoan Denny Beringer sent in a few sheets he picked up at Dayton
- describing a modification to expand the memory in the Radio Shack PRO-2004
- scanner from 300 to 6,400 channels.
-
- The new circuitry adds 3 ICs, a 7 segment readout, a ribbon cable, a
- pushbutton switch, and a few resistors and capacitors.
-
- First, diode D510 is added which expands the scanner from 300 to 400
- channels. Then, IC504, the stock memory memory IC (a uPD446G), is removed and
- replaced by a ribbon cable leading to an added printed circuit board. The
- additional board contains an HM62256 32Kx8 static RAM IC, which holds 16
- groups of 400 channels each. (note: if you don't do diode D510, I think
- you'll get 4800 channels, though I haven't tried any of this. I heard that the
- 400 channel mod makes the markings on the 2004 keyboard incorrect. WA2ISE)
-
- A pushbutton switch, attached to a 4060 CMOS 14 bit binary counter IC,
- selects one of the 16 groups. The 4 counter output leads are used to select
- the high order 4 bits of the HM62256. The new group select pushbutton switch
- is mounted on the front panel, in place of the headphone jack.
-
- How can you tell which group you are in? A specially programmed EPROM
- (type 2716, 2532, or 2732) is addressed by the ouput of the counter. The
- EPROM output is connected to a 7 segment LED readout, mounted in place of the
- Sound Squelch pushbutton. The readout indicates groups 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
- 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F.
-
- [Note: If I were to expand the memory in my PRO-2004, I would use just the
- new HM62256 memory IC and a BCD switch instead of the pushbutton. This would
- eliminate two of the three ICs, and the 7 segment readout. Sorry, I cannot
- provide further information, nor a reference, as the sheets sent to me
- contained no name or address. - Bob
- Parnass] Bob Parnass AJ9S
-
-
- CELLULAR MODIFICATION: REALISTIC PRO-2004 SCANNER:
-
- BY CUTTING DIODE D513 ON THE PC 3 SUB CHASSIS IN THE REALISTIC PRO-2004
- SCANNER YOU CAN RE-ENABLE THE 825.00 TO 845.00 AND 870-00 TO 890.00 FREQENCY
- SELECTION. TO SCAN IN 30KHZ STEPS PRESS "STEP-RESET". NOTICE:IT IS NOT LEGAL
- TO MONITOR CELLULAR TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS ON THE CELLULAR BAND.
-
- ******************************
-
- POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS Magazine published some interesting articles on the PRO-
- 2004. Here is the list:
-
- PRO-2004: 400 Channel memory expansion: December 1988 p.28.
-
- PRO-2004: Search and Store Sodule: march 1990 p.24.
-
- PRO-2004: review + Cellular Modification: August 1987 p.16.
-