PRO-26 Modification

Provided by Ross Voorhees (KB0PKT)

DISCLAIMER: I ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES, 
WARRANTY VOIDAGE, ETC., ETC., ETC. THE USER OF THIS INFORMATION ASSUMES 
ALL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DAMAGES, INJURIES, WARRANTIES, AND/OR 
LIABILITIES.

Now that that's out of the way...
•1. Remove Battery Pack. •2. Remove four cover screws (FIGURE 1). Gently 
Pry at areas indicated in Figure 1 with a small, flathead screwdriver in 
order to loosen the battery compartment latches. Now gently squeeze 
sides of the case to loosen back cover. •3. Disconnect speaker terminal 
indicated (FIGURE 2). Gently Pry the main board away from the connector 
as indicated in Figure 2. •4. Turn main board over. Note the IC Chip (IC 
1) to jumper as indicated in Figure 3. •5. USING A GROUNDED SOLDERING 
IRON!!! Solder a small wire from Pin 12 to pin 14 (FIGURE 4). I found it 
best to put some solder on the wire ends first, then touch the end of 
the wire to the pin, while heating the wire with the tip of the 
soldering iron. •6. Reassemble unit (don't forget to connect the 
speaker!). •7. Turn on unit. Everything works great, right? Now set to 
autoscan, with 360.2375 as lower limit, and 385.1625 as upper limit. 
Press SHIFT and change mode to NFM, then change step rate to 5. •8. 
Listen to your new channels. 

Please EMail me and let me know how this works out for you. As you can 
see from the illustrations, I did mod my Pro-26, so you can rest 
assurred this is all on the up and up. Also accepting small donations 
for my time and effort. EMail to: 
midiguy@fn.net
Snail Mail: Ross Voorhees 1641 Payne Wichita, KS 67203