Pro-34 question

[georgesharpe]

Is it possible or safe to run an RS Pro-34 scanner using newer Ni MH batteries in this unit instead of the older Ni-Cad batteries that were the main researchable used back 40 years ago?

 

[wtp]

RigPix Database - RadioShack/Realistic - Pro-34 (20-135)

you can use them in there.
but i always use an external charger to charge all of my rechargables.
i use a maha c-9000 to do that, as it is a smart one and stops charging when the cell is full.
a Ni-Cad or Ni-Mh are 1.2 volts and the radio can use alkaline at 1.5 so voltage is not a problem.

to read up on that smart charger,

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[wtp]

sent the wrong link.
this is the link to the manual

https://www.rigpix.com/rs-realistic/realistic_pro34_20135_manual.pdf

 

[Unidener]

I still have mine.....What's it good for these days? Air? Mil-Air? Anything else?

 

[tvengr]

You also have railroads, VHF marine band, and any VHF, UHF, or 800 MHz analog frequencies.

 

[hill]

Ham radio, GMRS, plus any business on analog.

Plenty still on analog many our local malls security still runs analog and there repeaters carry the signal pretty far. Guess if analog is working many businesses don't really want to spend funds upgrading to a digital mode.

Also aircraft and this model doesn't cover mil air.

The PRO-34 was my first 800 handheld scanner. It was used kind of hard back in the day when didn't have too many scanners. Sure you had to hit the scan button many times to follow a conversation with Trunked Tracking scanners being many years in future when this scanner came out.

 

[Falcon9h]

I had the pro-30, the original. Poor audio out and more birdies than anything.

 

[Unidener]

Ham radio, GMRS, plus any business on analog.

Plenty still on analog many our local malls security still runs analog and there repeaters carry the signal pretty far. Guess if analog is working many businesses don't really want to spend funds upgrading to a digital mode.

Also aircraft and this model doesn't cover mil air.

The PRO-34 was my first 800 handheld scanner. It was used kind of hard back in the day when didn't have too many scanners. Sure you had to hit the scan button many times to follow a conversation with Trunked Tracking scanners being many years in future when this scanner came out.

Mine was used a lot years ago also....and YES I do now remember that the doesn't do Mil-Air found out on 911!

 

[tvengr]

I had the pro-30, the original. Poor audio out and more birdies than anything.

I have a PRO-30 also. The strange thing about the birdies is that they are not there all of the time. They come and go on different frequencies.

 

[Falcon9h]

I have a PRO-30 also. The strange thing about the birdies is that they are not there all of the time. They come and go on different frequencies.

I remember that. I wrote mine off as junk.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

I still have mine.....What's it good for these days? Air? Mil-Air? Anything else?

Tap it for digital scanning (not trunked) DMR P25 NXDN + pc + DSD+