Yo! Troy:
Monday September 09 1996 21:09, Troy H. Cheek wrote to Bill Cheek:
TC> If you done like I hoped, and explained how the 2042 was a Uniden-built
TC> chip in a case with no hackable components, I wouldn't be in this
quandry.
TC> But, noooooooo...
I fully expect successive generations of RS scanners to be Uniden clones.
The PRO-2042 might well be the last of a breed. Neither it nor the PRO-2035
passed the European EMI standards, so I'm pretty sure the design will be
discomboomerated.
BC>> Hardware-wise, the two are the same, so the mods will all work fine.
BC>> To apply mods for the PRO-2004/5/6 to the PRO-2035/2042 might require
BC>> a little ingenuity or inventiveness in some instances, but nothing
BC>> out of the ordinary.
TC> Nothing that getting the service manuals, brushing up on my basic
TC> electronics, buying and familiarizing myself with your first two scanner
TC> modification books, and actually taking the time to sit down and do it
TC> right won't overcome?
Exactamundo. Yankee ingenuity, creativeness, boning up, hard-ass work. :)
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
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