I had a friend give me an old scanner to look at, It's a FANON/COURIER COP-SCAN VHF 4ch crystal handheld scanner. Man this thing is old! Does anyone have any info on this scanner? there is a switch that has ON/OFF BYPASS, what is that for?
I was at a garage sale last year and the guy gave me one of those including four xtals It doesn't scan for me, but the squelch pot doesn't work. It's on permanent open. ON/OFF Bypass locks out the frequency you are on. Damn thing has better audio on the conventional than my base scanner! I love it. I want to get a couple of other xtals for more monitoring. My model is the Scanfare VHF.I had a friend give me an old scanner to look at, It's a FANON/COURIER COP-SCAN VHF 4ch crystal handheld scanner. Man this thing is old! Does anyone have any info on this scanner? there is a switch that has ON/OFF BYPASS, what is that for?
I was at a garage sale last year and the guy gave me one of those including four xtals It doesn't scan for me, but the squelch pot doesn't work. It's on permanent open. ON/OFF Bypass locks out the frequency you are on. Damn thing has better audio on the conventional than my base scanner! I love it. I want to get a couple of other xtals for more monitoring. My model is the Scanfare VHF.
Larry
I took apart his squelch pot and cleaned it also, it was very easy to work on.
I took apart his squelch pot and cleaned it also, it was very easy to work on.
How did you take the radio apart. I would love to clean mine too.
Larry
It just snaps apart, no screws, there are four catches on each corner of the body halves,I just stuck my fingernail in between the two halves close to one top corner. Take the back off first, lift at the top first, the top silver piece is attached to the circuit board, and the bottom silver piece is glued to the front half only. The pots have nuts under the knobs, once you losen them they have enough wire to pull them out without unsoldering them, I had to bend the tabs on the pots to seperate them to clean them, the volume one has a snap ring that has to be removed in order to get it all the way apart. Used alcohol and some paper towel to clean them, be careful with the little contacts they bend easy, may have to use a pencil eraser to clean the contacts if they are real dirty. I have been doing this kinda thing since I was a kid, I am not afraid to take apart things and fix them, I can usually fix things that most people can't.