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

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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...

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Enjoy!

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!

"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.

"MnMikew" wrote in message
...

"FeMaster" FeMaster @ hotmail . com wrote in message
...
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.


Well, NOAA weather is just your basic weather stuff. Basically a "service
search" with weather alert. Doesn't have S.A.M.E. alert, so it's not really
anything special...

About the only selling point the scanner has is the Signal Stalker feature.
I do like the feature. Receives quite well, even from a good distance away.
Distance depends on the transmitted signal's strength of course. As a
example, I can detect the local PD repeater broadcasts with the S.S. at a
distance of well over 3 miles away from the tower. If I recall correctly,
they transmit at about 50-watts. On the other hand, Taco Bell drive through
(tested just for contrast purposes,) I had to be within 20- to 25-feet of
order box. Of course, they only transmit in the milliwatts, so that's
expected...

Oh, and if you are prone to overload by pagers, you will have to spend a few
minutes of your time locking them out as they pop up. Doesn't matter where
I am around here, the unit constantly picked up those damn pagers in the
S.S. mode! Once I got them locked out, however, the S.S. feature works
flawlessly...

My opinion. Well worth the $60 price tag, and not a bad buy at the $120
price tag.

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...

"MnMikew" wrote in message
...

"FeMaster" FeMaster @ hotmail . com wrote in message
...
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.


Well, NOAA weather is just your basic weather stuff. Basically a "service
search" with weather alert. Doesn't have S.A.M.E. alert, so it's not
really
anything special...

About the only selling point the scanner has is the Signal Stalker
feature.
I do like the feature. Receives quite well, even from a good distance
away.
Distance depends on the transmitted signal's strength of course. As a
example, I can detect the local PD repeater broadcasts with the S.S. at a
distance of well over 3 miles away from the tower. If I recall correctly,
they transmit at about 50-watts. On the other hand, Taco Bell drive
through
(tested just for contrast purposes,) I had to be within 20- to 25-feet of
order box. Of course, they only transmit in the milliwatts, so that's
expected...

Oh, and if you are prone to overload by pagers, you will have to spend a
few
minutes of your time locking them out as they pop up. Doesn't matter
where
I am around here, the unit constantly picked up those damn pagers in the
S.S. mode! Once I got them locked out, however, the S.S. feature works
flawlessly...

My opinion. Well worth the $60 price tag, and not a bad buy at the $120
price tag.

Thanks for the info PowerHouse. I can get one off Ebay for around $90 so I
might go for it.

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?

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


"Sideshow" wrote in message
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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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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.