bob-the-scanner-man
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I'm wanting to add a discriminator tap to a Radioshack Pro-2050. I would've posted in the RS forum but this isn't really a question about this particular scanner. What wire do I need to use when I'm adding a tap to my scanner? I know I'll need a 3.5mm adapter to put at the end of my wire coming off of Pin 9, but I'm just unsure about how I need to go about doing this.
From what I've gathered it seems like I'm supposed to use some shielded wire and connect my audio wire to Pin 9 and the shield to a ground point in the scanner. That's where I get confused. I've found plenty of resources that tell where Pin 9 is, but none that actually give the basics like what kind of wire to use, etc. I've also heard people talk about using resistors in their tap, do I need to do that?
From what I've gathered it seems like I'm supposed to use some shielded wire and connect my audio wire to Pin 9 and the shield to a ground point in the scanner. That's where I get confused. I've found plenty of resources that tell where Pin 9 is, but none that actually give the basics like what kind of wire to use, etc. I've also heard people talk about using resistors in their tap, do I need to do that?