Sorry to revive an old thread, but just had a question for you guys. I'm a PRO-96 owner and aspiring PSR-500 owner financially permitting.
I recently experienced the BNC connector loosen, and eventually break on the PRO-96, causing intermittent static and terrible receive sensitivity. The back of the connector is located underneath an RF shielding box that is SOLDERED directly to the circuit board in SEVEN places in close proximity to very sensitive and easily melt-able components. I was successful in desoldering it without killing the radio but I just about had a heart attack in the process (and I'm 20!), and everyone else who has tried it and written in the forums about it is furious with GRE for the oversight (I would have happily sent it to radioshack for repair but they replace the entire circuit board instead). I'm curious if the engineers at GRE listened.
Thank you for the photo of the upper half of the circuit board of the PSR-500 where the screw is!!! My question is, does anyone have a full length photo of the whole circuit board? It appears that GRE may have actually answered my prayers and secured the metal shielding box to the board with SCREWS (it appears the top of which is the one that could fall out and is the subject of this thread), and then soldered the BNC connector ground to the top of the box. This would make any repair that needs to be done underneath incredibly easier.
Thanks in advance for any insight! It would be a heck of a lot easier to justify the cost of another $500 scanner if one could be sure a component known to be prone to premature failure (like the antenna connector) was actually reasonably accessible! I'd gladly check and re-tighten a screw every once in a while if it meant not going through that experience again.
Inigo