Radio Shack Realistic PRO-2006 Scanner Detailed Programming, Overview and Demo

[@adamthompson8678]

I have had a Pro-2006 for near on 30 years, & it has never missed a beat.

[@allamo107]

Great video, one of the more sensible and easy to understand Pro-2006 programming videos out here. Thanks a bunch.

[@anthonylabeau6159]

Wow, bought this at a garage sell long time ago and its been sitting in basement, walked by it today and thought I would checkout some videos on it, I now remember one Sunday morning, I listened to my dad and mom talking on their phones, just a fluke out of a different city, she was sure surprised when I called her and teased her about the conversation.

[@bopic3]

Still have my PRO-2006 that I purchased almost 30 years ago, still works great except for the backlit display, great scanner!

[@freespeech4all757]

I owned a 2006 and 2035 back in the day. They were both outstanding units.

[@ARod-br2ui]

I love the way these old scanners can be programmed manually.

[@stevelewis7077]

Great video very well explained, Picked a pro2006 today and works a dream cost me £40 a right bargain.

[@dtv5362]

I have had this scanner since it first came out. I love it!. Many of the things I used to listen to are now digital but there are still lots of thing to listen to. I never understood the speed button and why anyone would want to slow down the scan speed.

[@robertoellison348]

I HAD THAT SCANNER YEARS AGO, MAN THAT BRINGS BACK MEMERIES......... GOOD FIND DUDE.......06-13-2020-05:58HRS.........FROM N3NDX.........

[@danshankle]

Thank You for one of the most complete Videos I have seen. Placing the HOW TO Program up front was Brilliant. I had a Prisitine Pro-2006 Gifted to me recently and while I had the Manual, Your Video helped my "SHOW ME HOW" personality immensely! Thanks again and 73 - Doc W7DOK

[@SevenFortyOne]

Glad you enjoyed this and got something out of it. Thanks for letting me know! 73

[@dtv5362]

I love this scanner! I use an Energizer Lithium 9 v battery for the memory. These batteries have a 10 year shelf life. Most importantly, they do not leak like the way Alkaline 9v batteries do. This will protect your scanner.

[@JAYLO-bi1bl]

Thanks bud! Picked up a 2042 and this vid helped tons and gave me a better understanding of its operation as i didnt find the manual very user friendly.

[@insertnamehere5146]

I got one of these back I the late 80s. I used to love listening in on the analog cell calls then. I have not used this for about 35 years and came and found this incredibly helpful video. I think the world has moved on nowadays and everything is transmitted on digital carriers now. Thanks for the explanation

[@jafinch78]

One of the reasons I wanted to interface using the CE232 or maybe another method and see what can be done with DSP using not only the SDR methods since most the apps allow for sound card input.

[@joefish6091]

@@jafinch78 MSI.SDR, $50 SDR dongle 10KHz to 2GHz, Chinese clone but neat SDR.

[@ab5gc]

I love these old scanners. I have 2 with Bill Cheek Mods. I have 2 with the Optoelectronics interface. Still Scanning. I still have all three Bill Cheek signed books

[@bigbone88]

Did you get the software?works?thank you

[@joefish6091]

"Optoelectronics interface" I assume this ghosts keyboard input !? EDIT; ah OptoScan535, seems rather useful.

[@THF409]

I had the Pro 2004 back in 1986 and modified it to get the cell phone frequencies, very good scanner but the back light died. Today mostly everything in this area converted to digital trunking.

[@unklejohn7381]

My dad had the same unit. You can listen to wireless phone conversations too.

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

Had one of these back in the 90's, I used to listen to cellular phones on it back when they were still analog. Heard a lot of crazy crap on rich people's phone calls..

[@grumpy_ken]

great presentation. really helpful when first setting up and learning to use these very good receivers with a somewhat steep learning curve (for me anyway lol)

[@lordcondio1036]

Thank you for your fantastic video. Sensible and easy to follow instructions. I have just purchased one of these scanners and this has been a great help. kind regards from Scotland

[@SevenFortyOne]

Glad you found this helpful!

[@buzzsah]

WOW!! an oldie but goody for sure. It was a full-featured unit.

[@James_Bowie]

Thanks for another interesting and informative video. 👍 What I like in particular about your videos is that you cut to the chase without waffle and you speak at a fast clip. With many channels I have to crank the speed up by 25% or 50% in order not to go to sleep while they drawl on in monotone.

[@SevenFortyOne]

Thanks for the great feedback! I spend a lot of time editing out pauses and stuttering in an effort to maximize the content and minimize the video length. I appreciate everyone taking the time to watch my content so I try to give them the best value I can.

[@DavidGarside]

Wow, very well explained, easy to understand and follow. Thank you.

[@khx73]

Still have my PRO-2006 .. been in a drawer gathering dust for many years.. should probably sell it

[@SDsailor7]

What are they used for?

[@jafinch78]

Great video! Subscribed. You have great videos. Sure looking forward to this winter electronics season to do some monitoring and hopefully RDF. Have a 10ft satellite dish I want to make a Dobsonian mount for a more balanced control for tracking with an optical webcam with scope... telescope hopefully with the cams hot lens removed ideally for some broader spectroscopy. Off on potentially using the PVC roller coaster track DIY design for the azimuth/horizon rail with casters turned to the pipe contour. If I can find a trampoline ring in great shape... that might be the easier route to go. Thanks for sharing the detail.

[@andyc664]

thanks for the video i just purchased the commtel 205 i believe its the same as this, this has helped me program it, although not as much to listen to in the uk

[@Radiowild]

I had a PRO-2020 with the green fluorescent display. That was a good little scanner!

[@SevenFortyOne]

I still have a 2020...I bought it 25 years ago at a hamfest and it's still going strong

[@judithweir2022]

I am listening to my Realistic pro-2006 scanner at the moment. I have the manual, but your video was much more helpful.. You also explained why the display was so dim. I must watch your video on how to correct this.. Thank you.

[@stevenmatthews8624]

That was great info I'm in the uk had pro 2006 80s and found another 👍👍

[@joefish6091]

Ebay has replacement EL panels.

[@rohnkd4hct260]

Love those old scanners. I have started to restoring them as I pick one up.

[@Jennifer-ti2ly]

Awesome, very helpful! I have inherited my Grandfather's scanner ;)

[@TheEfrain1950]

This scanner you can be able to hear the cell phone frecuency and the pro 2005 too, they good radio.

[@dave10524]

Still use my Pro 2006, still have a Pro 2004 but it has the issues with cold solder joints on the main board, it works for a while sometimes and then goes haywire. Also the Pro43 handheld which I use for Milair at airshows. BTW excellent video , you hit all the bases on that radio

[@bryanking1659]

I have this model and the 2005 and 2004. All i perfect working order Like the old scanners easy to program. I have a bunch of crystal scanners luckily i live where analog is still used a lot And found a good resource for crystals

[@hamrad88]

One of my first and best scanner until it died. Thumbs up.

[@SevenFortyOne]

Too bad yours died Tom...these were great performers and easy to program for the average person.

[@hamrad88]

I even had MOD book for it that would add functions and improve things. Still have it but at off-site storage. Display died.

[@francismcclaughry3794]

I have one of these. I really never used it to its full potential maybe I will take a look at this thing again

[@SevenFortyOne]

They are good little radios

[@francismcclaughry3794]

I know I had a couple of rad shack two meters that I still have, but never figured out how to program the darn things. and the same goes for a woxman two meter hand held. the manal was in chinese.

[@adamwolf4041]

Excellent video! Given the capabilities of this scanner what would you recommend as the best type of external antenna (Tower mounted) ? Thanks!

[@tomwold8269]

I had a chance to buy a pro2006 when they first came out at radio shack. The only reason I didn't is because I didn't like the sensitivity rating of it. But everything else was AWESOME on it.

[@johnwatkins2841]

Wow great video . I have a pro 2022 scanner I bought a couple of years ago for 10 bucks. It works great. The backlite is also out on it. Does anyone know how old my 2022 is?

[@jeoffosker1768]

Very helpful video, thank you for sharing. 👍

[@xr680r]

Thanks! Straight to the point.

[@robertsmith8043]

as you my be able to tell that I,m pretty new to this stuff

[@SevenFortyOne]

No worries...welcome to the hobby! It's very hard for me to help not being able to see your setup for myself and not knowing anything about how active the frequencies might be in your area. Your best bet might be to find a local ham radio club and see if anyone there can help.

[@breakerbroke23]

Had one of those back in the day, unfortunately it died. Sure was a good unit.

[@robertsmith8043]

I bought a new aerial for it the other day and I'm wondering if that could be the problem

[@juanjorgemvilchis5428]

Hola Buenas Noches me puedes enseñar a programar el scaner Pro2005 Realistic por Favor Gracias

[@saddam9507]

How do you fix the volume on a old scanner that crackles? I have to use the tape out jack into computer speakers to get my audio. The tape out is line level and is not effected by the volume.

[@SevenFortyOne]

Try deoxit. It's a contact cleaner spray and it should be available on Amazon. Take the knob off and spray it in the volume control. Make sure the scanner is unplugged when you do this

[@soldierloz]

Hi there, do you know where I can get a replacement screw-in set top antenna? Or do you know the size of the thread it has or a link where to buy? Laurie

[@SevenFortyOne]

Sorry, I don't know offhand. You may be able to find a service manual online that will have that had the info

[@Opigoink]

Brand new to your channel. I have a Pro-2006 that needs a flurescent face. The face has gone dark. Do you do repairs? I love this scanner and would like to get it fixed.

[@SevenFortyOne]

Unfortunately I'm not able to do repairs

[@starramus]

I noticed on my 90s PRO-2006 scanner the other day the rubber feet in the rear were liquifying. The electronics are fine, but I have never seen the failure of rubber feet unless they fall off when the adhesive dries. It could be there is some chemical reaction occurring from the scanner sitting on top of the cheap charlie "Kathy Ireland" desk my wife bought me. Who knows what toxic chemicals are in the varnish!

[@SevenFortyOne]

I've had that happen too...not sure what causes it

[@starramus]

@@SevenFortyOne All too often the Chinese are blamed for our own failures. However I still hate this desk!

[@michaelames6317]

Well done Sir! Just purchased the Pro 2005! WSAW777 73..

[@jaynemansell1447]

What is the taxi on

[@robertsmith8043]

Hi sevenfortyone I,m in the uk and had a pro 2006 given I've had a good look at your video but still struggling to listen any radio signals I,m hoping you can help best regards Robert

[@SevenFortyOne]

I'm not sure what I can do to help as there could be any number of things going on for you. If you can narrow things down a bit I can try to help

[@joefish6091]

Sad and strange Realistic never put a RS232 interface into these $400 scanners, at the least a memory or block dump to and from a PC. They could have had full remote control as well. the 2004 has DIP package CPU, so it is theoretically possible to change that one to a custom CPU. I recommend Bill Cheeks's two books on the Pro-2004/5/6 well worth finding and buying. For theory operating info and modding info.

[@1crazynordlander]

Sweet! I have a Uniden Bearcat mobile scanner and a handheld one. They only do VHF. Are these still available?

[@SevenFortyOne]

There aren't as many choices as there used to be but you can still buy scanners. The high-end ones that receive digital transmissions are actually quite pricey but I'm told by a friend who owns a few that they work well.

[@1crazynordlander]

@@SevenFortyOne Full Watch as always. Analog is still alive! I have used Unitrunker and a RTL-SDR dongle to monitor P25 in our area but was surprised to find a lot of analog FM on VHF and UHF still being used. I use the scope function on my Yaesu FTM-400XDR. I wish the radio would decode DMR but I suppose I could get a Raspberry Pi setup to run a decoder and plug it into my radio audio out.

[@joefish6091]

$80 $100 on Ebay.

[@johnbaines4908]

Can you directly enter a frequency then search up or down from there with this model?

[@SevenFortyOne]

Yes using the limit scan function

[@johnbaines4908]

@@SevenFortyOne Thanks yes, I understand that method, but some Realistic/Radio Shack models would let you just punch in a frequency and start the search. Thanks for your rapid reply :-)

[@jerrygilmore7153]

I'm trying

[@jerrygilmore7153]

Nothing so far

[@jerrygilmore7153]

What code do I need to put in

[@francismcclaughry3794]

I think I have five scanners including a hand held uniden. and a mobile uniden. I collect boat anchors. I had a lot of mobile cb that were given to to me when they went out of style. I love old scanner and cb radios. the one radio i kick my self for giving it to a buddy. some one stole it on him or he sold it. that is what buddies do. it was a cobra two thousand with upper channel install. I wish I would have kept that radio. at least i have several old rad shacks I even have one of there world radios.

[@fongaboo1958]

Do you know where I can obtain a replacement telescopic antenna for this guy?

[@SevenFortyOne]

You can probably find something on Amazon or ebay

[@jerrygilmore7153]

How do I get some channel

[@detodounpoco_cl]

very very thanks!

[@insertnamehere5146]

I don't know if you are a webinar trainer in the real world but I have to say Cisco or Avaya could with employing you. Some of their online webinars are confusing and monotonous. I did a online course last Friday where the trainer doing the webinar had no real idea about the product he was demonstrating and was reading it out of a book I thought, which I could have done. Thanks again and stay safe!

[@SevenFortyOne]

wow - thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed my video!

[@jerrygilmore7153]

@@SevenFortyOne can you help me with this code

[@AUCTIONCAT2011]

Are ypu able to hear ssb from CBs on this scanner?

[@SevenFortyOne]

No

[@AUCTIONCAT2011]

@@SevenFortyOne too bad, picked up a pro 2002 and a pro 2005

[@SevenFortyOne]

They are good scanners, they just don't do ssb

[@AUCTIONCAT2011]

I should be able to pick up the 11m cb channels though correct?

[@SDsailor7]

@@SevenFortyOne What are these scanners used for? There is one for sale in an auction and if it's cheap enough i might buy it. But need to know what can they be used for. Very interesting and informative video. Cheers

[@SDsailor7]

can it monitor the fire dept frequencies? anyone know? Thank you

[@SevenFortyOne]

It depends on what frequencies your FD uses and whether or not they use digital encryption

[@SDsailor7]

@@SevenFortyOne Ah is see. Thank you

[@greenwoman99]

Thank you

[@Wrang15]

Mine still runs every day.

[@lacey397]

good job

[@thaeralhnonabdl6807]

why no transmation in arabic ? you good this scaner .

[@bigbone88]

Your model is from 1994

[@insertnamehere5146]

I seem to remember this as being older than 1994 maybe late 1980s?

[@insertnamehere5146]

Thanks seems older but i'm older and stand corrected. I bought it from Tandy and seem to remember it being very expensive. Worth every Penny at the time and had lots of fun with it. Seems like no one is transmitting in the open anymore scanning the frequencies.

[@trs80model14]

As determined by the backlight button having the label LIGHT. My date code 1990 PRO-2006 has the button labeled DIMMER.

[@JAMESD5573]

I used to own a PRO-2005 but it got stolen out of my truck.

[@SevenFortyOne]

That sucks!