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Re: Pro 96 question

Gigu chan
 

All…  Lurker here

  The Pro-96 scanner was a pretty good unit in it day..  Best of luck in getting it repaired.    Regarding getting a scanner repaired.  I think Keith is probably right-Uniden I’ll wager does the same thing.

I did have a look at the Radio Repair site at the bottom of the last email.  There were a lot of old Memories in their list of “no longer repaired units”  at the top of the list was the BC780XLT

 

That was a kick in the pants!

 

Gig.

 

Cheers

 

From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> On Behalf Of Keith McCready
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 03:54 PM
To: main@uniden.groups.io
Subject: Re: [Uniden] Pro 96 question

 

Eddie,

 

I managed a Radio Shack in the early nineties, so this info may be out of date.  RS did have their own repair facilities in various locations around the country.  

 

If you don't have a local RS any longer to take it in, try calling their customer service:

 

RadioShack Customer Care
900 Terminal Rd #244
Fort Worth, TX 76106 USA
1-800-THE-SHACK

 

If the scanner doesn't need parts, they may yet have techs that can tune up the scanner.  A caveat, however...  Typically, the techs were not capable of these types of repairs.  We had a term for the techs back then:  Board Swappin' Idiots.  It was faster, cheaper, and required less technical savvy to simply swap the boards and ship back the products.  Honestly, I presume that Uniden does exactly the same.  As Bill said above, if the boards are no longer available, doubtful the support centers can do much of anything.  

 

The schematics are likely available online and a good TV repair shop should be able to tune up the radio/resolder the antenna connector for you...   if you can find one.

 

Keith

 

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 1:50 PM Bill Seward <w4ext@...> wrote:

Eddie, out of curiosity I did a bit of Internet searching. I’m assuming that by “PRO-96”, you mean the old Radio Shack PRO-96. Nice scanner in its day.

 

As with anything with chips in it, parts are in short supply and that’s aggravated by the age of the unit. Still, there is an option available for repair. G&G Communications in LeRoy, NY will work on a digital scanner for $60 + parts + shipping. https://www.gcomradio.com/repinfo.html

 

The question is, will it be worth it? An eBay search shows a bunch of hand-held trunking scanners available in or below the repair cost. Caveats about buying electronics on eBay apply. A seller with a lot of sales and a 99.something% plus rating is usually safe enough. There is also the option of buying one at a ham fest or a local flea market. You are hands-on there and the prices are usually pretty low.

 

Good luck, no matter which direction you choose.

 

 


 

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keith

 

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