"mike" wrote in message
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never been able to get a new 39 keypad
had mine since it first came on the market & have to do the 'rf screening'
tip about once a year.
as for the 800m mod
you have already seen the diode row below the keypad.

here is the mod

PRO-39

thanks for the information. i've never done the mod yet. if the unit isn't
going to work, i'm not going to bother with it. i'm wondering since cell is
going digital now, if they'll loosen their grip on the philosophy of not
selling parts and service manuals for those types of scanners. so far as i'm
aware, scanners like the 39 and those in that era aren't able to receive the
digital cell calls, so i can't see where the problem would be. sm