Radio Shack Pro-83 Keypad Hacks
 

Turn your scanner in a Frequency Counter! Many other hacks / tricks as
well...

Microsoft Word ".DOC" file - 61.0KB
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Enjoy!

Ummm, dosent the Pro83 already have a freq counter, aka the Signal Stalker
feature?

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
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Turn your scanner in a Frequency Counter! Many other hacks / tricks as
well...

Microsoft Word ".DOC" file - 61.0KB
Posted to alt.binaries.radio-scanner

Enjoy!

Turn unit off, then...
0+2+9+Power F4FOH (Not quite sure what this one is)
2+6+9+Power FIRMWARE(?) 1.06
0+1+9+Power DISPLAY

Any others?

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:44:49 -0600, "PowerHouse Communications"
wrote:

Turn your scanner in a Frequency Counter! Many other hacks / tricks as
well...

Microsoft Word ".DOC" file - 61.0KB
Posted to alt.binaries.radio-scanner

The pro-83 is advertised as a frequency counter.

And give credit where credit is due -
J. Jacob Hopkins from the Pro-83 yahoo group.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRO-83/message/304

Evan
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Yes, but it doesn't continuously display a received frequency... With the
Signal stalker mode, it locks onto a frequency, and stays there until the
signal is lost, even if it isn't exactly the correct frequency for the
transmission. In the hacked Frequency counter mode, the frequency display
will vary, so you can get a better idea of what the actual frequency is, as
the "counter" in the scanner doesn't have perfect accuracy.

Not sure if you will completely follow my description, it's not the
greatest... Try the hack, you'll understand...


"MnMikew" wrote in message
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Ummm, dosent the Pro83 already have a freq counter, aka the Signal Stalker
feature?

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...
Turn your scanner in a Frequency Counter! Many other hacks / tricks as
well...

Microsoft Word ".DOC" file - 61.0KB
Posted to alt.binaries.radio-scanner

Enjoy!

MANY others... Download the file and take a look...


"Sideshow" wrote in message
m...
Turn unit off, then...
0+2+9+Power F4FOH (Not quite sure what this one is)
2+6+9+Power FIRMWARE(?) 1.06
0+1+9+Power DISPLAY

Any others?

It's not the same... Signal Stalker doesn't always lock onto the correct
frequency a transmission is coming in on, nor does it continuous display
incoming frequencies. I've had it pick up signals on frequencies that were
up to +/- 10KHz off of the actual transmit frequency. In the mode I
describe, the scanner shows a varying frequency readout. This is unlike the
Signal Stalker mode which just grabs the signal on whatever frequency,
correct or not, and stays there until the signal is lost. You can get a
more accurate idea of the actual (correct) frequency in the "counter" mode.

And as I said over in A.B.R-S, I don't subscribe the stupid Yahoo! Group, so
I didn't see any posting made by whoever it is that you reference below...
If he found it before me, Good For Him! I posted here because I hadn't seen
anybody else post anything in reference to any sort of Keyboard Hacks.
Credit Is due to myself, as I spent the time (hours mind you) trying out
every combination I could come up with, and cataloging them in my list. They
weren't copied from anywhere or anyone, thank you.

Have a great day!


"Evan Platt" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:44:49 -0600, "PowerHouse Communications"
wrote:

Turn your scanner in a Frequency Counter! Many other hacks / tricks as
well...

Microsoft Word ".DOC" file - 61.0KB
Posted to alt.binaries.radio-scanner

The pro-83 is advertised as a frequency counter.

And give credit where credit is due -
J. Jacob Hopkins from the Pro-83 yahoo group.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRO-83/message/304

Evan
--
To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.

"FeMaster" FeMaster @ hotmail . com wrote in message
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Yes, but it doesn't continuously display a received frequency... With the
Signal stalker mode, it locks onto a frequency, and stays there until the
signal is lost, even if it isn't exactly the correct frequency for the
transmission. In the hacked Frequency counter mode, the frequency display
will vary, so you can get a better idea of what the actual frequency is,
as
the "counter" in the scanner doesn't have perfect accuracy.

Not sure if you will completely follow my description, it's not the
greatest... Try the hack, you'll understand...

I get it FeMaster. Though I was one of the unfortunates that missed the
RatShack sale of the Pro-83. I see there all over Ebay now, doh! So, is this
scanner worth buying? I already have several base and HH scanners. I was
mostly interested in the Signal Stalker and NOAA features.

In article , "FeMaster" FeMaster @
hotmail . com says...
And as I said over in A.B.R-S, I don't subscribe the stupid Yahoo! Group,


But yet you come to this stupid usergroup :)
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Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Uniden_BC246T

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScanFindlay/

"Dwayne" wrote in message
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In article , "FeMaster" FeMaster @
hotmail . com says...
And as I said over in A.B.R-S, I don't subscribe the stupid Yahoo!
Group,


But yet you come to this stupid usergroup :)
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OK, whatever... Your here as well... I prefer UseNet newsgroups (Not a
"usergroup") over a piece of crap Yahoo group any day...