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to: JONATHAN GUY
from: BILL CHEEK
date: 1997-06-02 10:08:00
subject: Radio Shack PRO-26 Mods?

Yo! Jonathan:
Sunday June 01 1997 05:28, Jonathan Guy wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> I doubt the PRO-26 has image interference.
 JG> Well....actually... Search the Aircraft areas of 127.000-135.000 (not
 JG> exact, but that's close, to where the Pro-26 picks up)  only remember
 JG> to change from AM mode to FM mode.  I found this by playing with a
 JG> pro=26 when they first arrived, and recently tried it again...still
 JG> works. I don't know that you'll recieve all the freqs from the
 JG> original band, and as always...your mileage may vary.
I'm not sure of which you speak, but the tests I performed on the 26 didn't 
disclose IMAGE interference.  And I'm not sure that's what you encountered, 
even though SOMETHING may have been there.  Maybe intermod?  It's hard to 
tell the difference just by listening.......
 JG>     Nope, it isn't a clean way to do things...and I didn't puchase a
 JG> pro-26 then, and probably won't in the future either...I'll stick with 
y
 JG> GRE versions.    :)
Yeah, me, too.  I just love my PRO-43, PRO-2004, and PRO-2006.
Bill Cheek ~ E-mail: bcheek@san.rr.com
Windows 95 Juggernaut Team ~ Microsoft MVP
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