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


Radio Shack Pro 39



TOOLS NEEDED: Fine-tipped soldering iron, desoldering wick,
small Philips screwdriver, long-nosed pliers, rosin-core solder.

(1) [Turn off your radio. Removing the batteries when the radio is ON can
erase the memory! ] Remove the battery door, holder and [battery
pack] from the bottom of the radio.

(2) Remove the four screws from the back of the scanner and carefully lift
the back off.

(3) Unplug the two wiring harnesses at their connectors and remove the six
bright colored screws that hold the circuit board in place. Unsolder
the ground wire from the lower right corner of the circuit board.
Unsolder the two wire connections from the BNC antenna connector at the
board. Carefully lift the board (grasping it near the Molex connector)
and set it aside.

(4) Remove the two bright colored screws from the next circuit board.
Carefully unplug the two-wire connector [and remove the board, as I
recall]. Unsolder and lift the rectangular metal shield exposing
the diodes.

(5) Carefully unsolder and remove diode D6 only; this will restore the
missing cellular frequencies which can be searched in appropriate
30 kHz steps.

This completes the cellular restoration. Reverse all procedures
to reassemble the radio and test it by entering any frequency between
869-894 MHz. [If you are as lucky as I was, the memory will still
contain your other frequencies! ]

Curious about the other diodes? D4 would enable 68-88 MHz
coverage, but deletes 30-54 MHz; D5 (present) allows 800 MHz band
operation; and D7 would make cellular spacing 12.5 kHz (incorrect).


mike UK


"Scanman" wrote in message
...
ok, here is a question. my keypad quit working on a pro 39. i tried to
clean
the tips off a little on the keys themselves. then i used a pencil eraser
on
the pc board to clean it off the contacts a bit. i had seen somewhere,
that
was good to do. is it? when i tried my scanner again, most of the buttons
work, but like 3 of them. 3 that had worked before! did the eraser cause
harm? how can i counteract that? as to the key pad, i've been checking
this
thread out, so will follow along with the tips as shown. btw, was told i
can't get parts even keypad for the pro 39 as it is able to be modified to
cell and some stupid law prevents the shack from selling parts or repair
manuals for those types of scanners. is that radio shack bs or what?
tia....
scanman










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"mike" wrote in message
...
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

That's BS man, Pro 43 can get cells and as you read above you can get parts!
Get the Ahole to quote you that law! Get thee to another Shack ! The part
number is 10789824, I think.
You don't need to un-solder that diode if getting in there with heat scares
you off, you can just x-acto knife carefully where the diode meets the PCB,
can't use it anywhere else but who cares?

"Scanman" wrote in message
...
"mike" wrote in message
...
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