Hey Krakula Da Man....I have the strisberg.....when are you going to
ever offer me the scanner I'm looking for...you know the one "The
ultimate 2006" ..... later and thanks once again for the info ... much
appreciated.

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:48:25 -0700, krackula wrote:


keep the 2006 and forget the 2042. the 2042s had NO internal
shielding to speak of and had VERY easily overloaded front ends.
this causing a LOT of overload , spurious , and intermod issues that
the 2005 / 6s did not have.

the inside of the 2042 is a simple circuit card inside a plastic box.
the 2005 / 6s had many shielded compartments and a lot of bypassing.
when using either the 2042 OR the 2005 / 6 with the preferred
" Probe " software ( when using the opto boards accessory ) ...
the abilities of channel selection and amount of channels
scanned ( unlimited ) is controlled by the computer anyway .....
making the basic channel abilities of the scanner unimportant.

the 2042 looked better than the 2006 and had that nifty manual
tune knob.... but " in real life " ...... when using an installed
Opto board, one NEVER touches the radio in normal use so either
is unnecessary. BOTH radios can track at very high channel rates
using Probe software ( 50 - 70 channels per sec ) and neither is
superior in that respect.

if you must use the 2042 with the opto board , a " must have "
accessory is a Stridsberg milticoupler . this , not for the multi set
capability it provides , but for the " small ' amount of gain and
enormous front end overload protection ( 31 dbm of 3rd order
IP3 and 17 dbm of P1 ) it provides. nearly ANY consumer
scanner needs one of these, but the 2042 especially benefits
form using one of those.


the 20 digit " secret code " ( available all over the web ) unlocks
nearly all of the opto boards that were ever made... except
for the more recently made boards. older opto boards are preferred
for this reason. this is a " serious " issue on the ( normally )
unlockable 2042 because it needs an older opto board to
open it up completely. ( and is ONLY opened up under computer
control )


k.........






On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:40:04 GMT, Scan Da Bands
wrote:

Looking for a MINT or close Realistic Pro-2042 with the
Optoelectronics 535 installed. Might consider an Opto Optocom if we
can work a deal. Reply below.

Also have a fully working Realistic Pro-2006 with FULL (Not Lite) 456
Opto installed. Rocks with Probe 7.0 might consider trading or will
sell for right offer.

Thanks, Tom

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