DJ11DLN
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I have a Pro-651 that got knocked off of the desk and landed on the external power plug. It no longer will work on external power but works fine on batteries. I've confirmed that the adapter and plug are fine and I've opened it up but found no obvious damage. I might have soldered a new receptacle in place but that's about the limit of my electronics skills; between eyesight that isn't what it was and hands no longer so steady, I'd hate to try to do anything more sophisticated in there. I do not have very much money in this unit, it was bought non-working for a pittance – the internal boards weren't seated properly. It's worked like a champ every since I figured that out and got it seated. My primary focus is on the statewide system here, which I am told is projected to be entirely p.2 by 2025 so the scanner would become unemployed at some point anyway.
Should I even bother sending it in to G&G? If it was a more recent unit capable of decoding p.2 it would be a no-brainer but I'm in a bit of a quandary over this. I could keep running it on batteries until it becomes a glorified weather alert radio, or unload it as-is (and I'd surely be money ahead even that way), or just let it become another stuffed-and-mounted relic of my hobby (and I already got several of those). Or maybe somebody can suggest something else to do with it. Bash away!
Should I even bother sending it in to G&G? If it was a more recent unit capable of decoding p.2 it would be a no-brainer but I'm in a bit of a quandary over this. I could keep running it on batteries until it becomes a glorified weather alert radio, or unload it as-is (and I'd surely be money ahead even that way), or just let it become another stuffed-and-mounted relic of my hobby (and I already got several of those). Or maybe somebody can suggest something else to do with it. Bash away!
