parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (01/08/86)
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Been procrastinating about getting your broken Bearcat
250 scanner repaired? You had better do it quickly, or
else it may be impossible to fix.
I've been asked to repair a few defective Bearcat 250s
with the same complaint: the LED display is blank,
except for a single decimal point in the lower right
hand corner. This usually means something in the
switching power supply chain is defective.
Part of this chain contains IC6, an Exar NC57902 custom
divider chip, Electra part #NC57-902. Uniden just dis-
continued this part, so I couldn't repair the last 250
in for service.
Just before this custom IC was discontinued, a quantity
of these ICs were bought by an authorized Bearcat
repair agent, Electronic Repair Center, in Franklin
Park, Illinois. This facility won't sell Bearcat
parts, but they will repair your scanner for a flat
fee.
It's already too late for those of you wishing factory
service for your BC101, Bearcat's first synthesized
scanner. Bearcat will not service this unit as the
main CPU, a custom IC, is no longer available. Luck-
ily, the last BC101 I repaired (on the morning of my
wedding) had a good CPU.
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414djt@houxk.UUCP (#D.TRULLI) (01/08/86)
I also have a Bearcat 210 with a bad IC6. Uniden told me that the part was unavailable but they would send a form for a 50% discount on a new scanner. I received the form and found these prices to be no bargin. The ads in QST match or beat these prices. So lets thank Bearcat Uniden for leaving us old customers out in the cold. Dave Trulli NN2Z houxk!djt 201-949-4774