Realistic Pro 2006
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zzdiesel
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The 2006 is probably one of the most modded radios in the older scanner market. Widely praised for a good front end and easy to work on. The various modification sites linked on the wiki should make your head swim....
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Category:Modifications
73 Mike
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Category:Modifications
73 Mike
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I have two Pro-2006 scanners and I still use both of them quite regularly. I use them to scan VHF/UHF fire and law enforcement frequencies that aren't on the local 800MHz trunked systems . I got one of them new back in 1993 for $399 and picked up the other used in 1995 or 1996 for $250.
If you just need something to monitor analog non-trunked radio frequences, then I say the Pro-2006 is still an excellent choice.
If you just need something to monitor analog non-trunked radio frequences, then I say the Pro-2006 is still an excellent choice.
As the owner or past owner of several PRO2006's, I found them to be the best radio of their time. Unfortunately their time has passed and I am now down to a single 2006 kept in the basement at work to quickly pop in a freq for signal checks. (I had a 780 for this but needed an EDACS scanner at home...)
The 2006 might be a good radio for you in your area if you need to listen to aircraft, conventional analog public safety and other non-trunked/non-digital stuff. They are sensitive easy to program and have a fairly large memory capacity.
The problem with the 2006 is that they will not work well or at all with some of the newer technologies in use today, namely trunking, digital and narrowband.
As for trunking, if your area doesn't use it or you have other radios for that then it isn't a big deal. Digital is in the same boat as trunking, you may have this covered with another radio or just don't need it yet.
Narrowband is a whole other story. While the 2006 might work acceptably on narrow channels in your area you may also have issues with adjacent channel interference that is reduced on newer scanners due to tighter front ends and selectable bandwidth. In addition some newer scanners allow use of PL (or even better, PL Lockout!) to help avoid adjacent channel nonsense.
The 2006 might be a good radio for you in your area if you need to listen to aircraft, conventional analog public safety and other non-trunked/non-digital stuff. They are sensitive easy to program and have a fairly large memory capacity.
The problem with the 2006 is that they will not work well or at all with some of the newer technologies in use today, namely trunking, digital and narrowband.
As for trunking, if your area doesn't use it or you have other radios for that then it isn't a big deal. Digital is in the same boat as trunking, you may have this covered with another radio or just don't need it yet.
Narrowband is a whole other story. While the 2006 might work acceptably on narrow channels in your area you may also have issues with adjacent channel interference that is reduced on newer scanners due to tighter front ends and selectable bandwidth. In addition some newer scanners allow use of PL (or even better, PL Lockout!) to help avoid adjacent channel nonsense.
I too, have a Pro-2006.
It's a great scanner..... not a trunking scanner, but if you dont' need trunking than it's really good.
I did one of the "secret" mods to mine and it worked very well to pick up those "special" conversations.
Mine has been stored in it's original box for a number of years and is in perfect condition, but I haven't found the desire to sell it .... yet.
Tim
It's a great scanner..... not a trunking scanner, but if you dont' need trunking than it's really good.
I did one of the "secret" mods to mine and it worked very well to pick up those "special" conversations.
Mine has been stored in it's original box for a number of years and is in perfect condition, but I haven't found the desire to sell it .... yet.
Tim
Yes the 2006 is still a great scanner. Won't do trunking, but excellent radio.
I still use mine remotely controlled (opto interface) and it rocks.
I still use mine remotely controlled (opto interface) and it rocks.
wmbio
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Pro-2006
The radio has a great receiver, very little intermod in my area.
The only problem that seems to be common is the backlight display RS installed at the factory, it goes very dim and you cannot see the display. If you search the web you can find folks who can replace the display for you or provide parts for you to fix it yourself.
Wmbio
The radio has a great receiver, very little intermod in my area.
The only problem that seems to be common is the backlight display RS installed at the factory, it goes very dim and you cannot see the display. If you search the web you can find folks who can replace the display for you or provide parts for you to fix it yourself.
Wmbio
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you can listen to trunk on the pro 2006 it just dont track i do but its a great radio i have it set up for analog and mil air now that most all comms in the area are digital mode
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Not being computer programmable (without an optional interface board), and no alpha tags is a downer.
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