Yo! Drew:
Friday August 23 1996 22:38, Drew Fecco wrote to All:
 DF> Hi, I am 16 and really want to get into scanning. i want a base unit
 DF> that can recive cellular and all that stuff and have a lot of
 DF> channels(or be modified to have a lot) and I was wondering if any of
 DF> you long time scanners could help me out(Bill Cheek?) or ANYBODY that
 DF> could help me.
The only scanners that are capable of cellular or capable of being modified 
for cellular are those that were sold or imported before April, 1994.  Here 
is the complete list:
021: How do I restore cellular in my SnakeBite "XR-7715" ?
     Forget it, pal.  It ain't going to happen.  The TDDRA
     Act of 1994 expressly forbids the manufacture or
     importation of "easily modified for cellular" scanners
     after April, 1994.  Manufacturers turned to putty and
     removed the cellular programming from the scanners'
     CPUs altogether.  Sorry, it's not possible.  But here
     is a list of all those scanners of which I am aware
     that are capable of cellular restoration:
     PRO-2004      BC-855XLT  *3        Regency 4030
     PRO-2005      BC-200XLT            Regency 1600
     PRO-2006      BC-205XLT
     PRO-2022      BC-760XLT  *4
     PRO-2026 *2   BC-700XLTA *4
     PRO-2027      BC-890XLT  *4
     PRO-2030      BC-950XLT
     PRO-2032      BC-2500XLT *3
     PRO-34
     PRO-37
     PRO-39
     PRO-43   *1
     PRO-46   *2
     PRO-51   *2
     PRO-23   *2
     Note 1:  Date of Mfg code 1A4, 2A4, xA3, xA2 (label in
              battery compartment), or no "A" in the serial
              number.
     Note 2: Date of mfg code 1A4, 2A4, -A3, -A2 (label on
             back).
     Note 3: Date of mfg code must not end in the letter
             "D", except for OAID.
     Note 4: Date of mfg code must not end in the letter
             "D".
     For instance, PRO-43's imported before March, 1994, are
     modifiable, while some brought in during March and all
     thereafter are impossible to modify.  Date codes of any
     -A2 or -A3 and only 1A4 and 2A4 are assured of being
     modifiable.  3A4 and up probably aren't.
     The above list does not include those scanners that were
     naturally capable of receiving the full 800 MHz band,
     without modification, some of which include:
     J.I.L. SX-400          AOR-950              Icom R-7100
     Regency MX-4000        AOR-1000             Icom R-1
     Regency MX-5000        AOR-1500             Icom R-100
     Kenwood RZ-1           AOR-2500             Icom R-9000
     Uniden BC-800XLT       AOR-3000             Icom R-7000
     Yaesu FRG-9600         AOR-8000
     Some of these radios, if still current, had the cellular
     removed by the factory after April, 1994.
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