Ham Radio Modification files make up the most common collection of files that show up in textfile collections, because they're the bits of information that sounded devious enough to sound like they belonged in the file sections of a lot of BBSes people frequented.
The files were necessary because the Government decided that there were certain ranges of frequencies that should not be listened to by anyone. These included Cell Phone frequencies and the like. Instead of asking Cell Phone manufacturers to improve the technology behind their transmissions to protect the users of Cell Phones, they too a Typical Solution. They said that no manufacturer of radio scanners could listen to those bands anymore.
Naturally, this approach stunk on many levels, but one of the results of this law was that scanner manufacturers would simply throw in an extra chip or wire that would disallow the scanner to be used in the excluded frequencies. Suddenly, turning your scanner back into a full-featured piece of equipment merely became a matter of removing that chip or clipping that wire. So, files explaining how to do this for all the brands of scanners became legion. Here are a good amount of them.
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2006mod.ham | 1699 | 6400 Memory Channel Modification to the 2006
| 200xltmod.ham | 4406 | Bearcat 200XLT Cellular Frequency Restoration
| 7100mod.txt | 8495 | How to Modify Your ICOM R7100 To Provide an output Directly From the Discriminator, by Tim Jackson
| 800trkthd.ham | 9467 | Messages about Scanning in the 800mhz Range
| 858.ham | 3469 | Modifying the Chip on a Early Uniden 858 Chassis
| 900fone.ham | 666 | Panasonic 900MHZ Cordless Freqencies
| 930mod.ham | 1193 | Modifying the Amtor 930
| bc100xlt.txt | 7231 | A Uniden/Bearcat 100XLT Scanner Preview by Bob Parnass AJ9S
| bc140.txt | 826 | Converting a Bearcat 140 to a 16 Channel Machine
| bc200xlt.txt | 25204 | Cellular Restoration of the Uniden/Bearcat 200/205XLT Test Mode by Bob Parnass, AJ9S
| bc200xmod.ham | 5145 | Bearcat 200 Cellular Frequency Restoral
| bc210.txt | 4914 | Weather Satellite Reception on a Bearcat 210 Scanner, by Steve Warley
| bc760mod.ham | 1408 | Modifying the Bearcat 760XLT for Cellular Frequencies
| bc760xlt.txt | 4612 | Modification of a Bearcat 760XLT for Cellular Phone Bands
| bc890xlt.txt | 672 | Restoring 800mhz on a Bearcat 890XLT
| bc950xlt.txt | 1276 | Cellular Restoration of the Bearcat 950XLT
| bcmoddoc.ham | 3712 | Restore the Cellular Freqs. on Your BC200/205XLT!
| cellfone.ham | 180329 | So You Just Gotta Know Everything About Cell Phones
| cellhow.ham | 1631 | Determining what Frequencies are used in the Cellular System and what Cells use which frequencies
| cord-mod.ham | 4387 | Cordless Modifications, by Bob Kay, Monitoring Times
| cordinfo.ham | 4096 | On Cordless Phone Reception
| cordlsph.ham | 4024 | Making a Cordless Telephone Antenna, by Adam Gott
| dj500t.ham | 1874 | Modifying the Alinco DJ500t for Cellular Frequencies
| dj500t1.ham | 1495 | Modifying a DJ500 to Broadcast Outside of the Ham Radio bands
| fl2100b.ham | 1698 | Yaesu FL2100B 12 Meter Modification by Bill Walton
| hr2600.ham | 906 | Expanding the Uniden HR-2600 for more Frequency Coverage
| hr26001.ham | 1232 | Fixing Up a Few Problems with the HT-2600
| hr26002.ham | 1339 | Getting the Uniden HR-2600 to listen to UHF/VHF
| kay-cord.ham | 3863 | Thoughts of Cordless Phones, by Bob Kay, from the Scanning Report
| miscmods.txt | 62378 | HF, VHF, and UHF Modifications for Almost Everything
| mod_19.ham | 641 | Modifying the Radio Shack Pro-34 Scanner
| mx28s.ham | 1333 | Modification of the AEA DX Handy Radios for Operation from External 12 volt Power
| mx28s1.ham | 1185 | Modification of the AEA DX Handy Radios for Operation from External 12 volt Power (Part II)
| pcs4000.ham | 1343 | Azden PCS-4000 Busy /Scan Mode Modification
| pcs40001.ham | 1339 | Azden PCS-4000 Busy /Scan Mode Modification
| pcs40002.ham | 1116 | Azden PCS-4000 Busy /Scan Mode Modification
| pcs6000.ham | 1071 | Modifying a PCS6000 for 138-160mhz
| pro37.ham | 10500 | Modifying a Pro-37
| pro37.mod | 5888 | PRO-37 Scanner Modifications (September 24, 1991)
| r5000mod.ham | 11837 | List of modifications for the Kenwood R-5000 Reciever
| r5000moddoc.ham | 12032 | Kenwood R5000 Modification Notes by E. Roskos
| scanla.ham | 6472 | Information about the FCC's Scanner Law Notice of Inquiry by Benn Kobb
| scanlaw20.ham | 3650 | Message about the new Scanner Law
| scanlaw21.ham | 1264 | Other Message About the New Scanner Law
| scanlaw22.ham | 6387 | Third Message about the Scanner Law and a Call to Petition
| scanmods.ham | 11728 | Scanner Modification for Fun and Profit, by Hotrod
| th215mod.ham | 2432 | Modifying the Kenwood TH-215A
| tm-231.mod | 7552 | Enabling Out of Band Transmissions of the Kenwood 231a Radio
| ts430mod.ham | 384 | Modifying a TS430 For Cellular Frequencies, in 2 easy steps
| ts930mod.ham | 7040 | Modifying the Kenwood TS-930 Trancievers for Cellular Frequencies
| yaesu.ham | 4545 | Modifications to the Yaesu FT23R and T211R/H
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