Radio Shack Ghost Box Model 12-589

How to turn your Radio Shack radio model 12-589 into a full functioning Ghost Box.

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[tracehd1]

StrikerZ... omg... My appreciation goes out to you on SO many levels. I've been trying to make a ghost box for 2yrs now... People ask... why not just by a pre-made one... (There's a couple reasons...but not important for this comment) anyways... each Shack radio I bought that you could convert... Shack seemed to modified it almost as if to stop us from converting..I don't know..anyways there was ribbon instead of pin or circuit which are impossible to hack. When I seen this model and your

[STRIKERZ3R0]

@tracehd1 Your comment made uploading and creating this video totally worth it. I'm glad my video could help you this much! I didn't realize this video was already 2 years old, wow, time really does fly by. After realizing this video was 2 years old and that you were still able to find the model radio, that's amazing. I just made one of these for my mother actually lol and was still able to find this same model as well, which I was surprised. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if shack was making..

[STRIKERZ3R0]

@tracehd1 ..it harder for people to hack there own ghost box. This way is WAY cheaper than buying one of the "professional" ghost boxes. Maybe whoever makes the professional one is the one cutting a deal with the shack to make their radios harder to hack, who knows. I didn't realize my hack was the only one, when I made this video there were a lot of videos on different models, but it seems they have all died off. You are very very welcome tracehd1! Please, please, if you wouldn't mind, I would

[STRIKERZ3R0]

@tracehd1 love to hear anything that you get with the box. I will PM you my email and you can send me anything you get to that or on here, whatever is easier for you. Good luck tracehd1! I hope your box serves you well.

[mikejm89]

Hey, so i bought the -589...took it apart and started cutting into the circuit board where it shows in your video. Put it back together and it didnt work...after trying again, and again..it still wont work correctly. Ive almost cut all the way through the circuit board and when i turn the radio on it does not scan the channels it just works like it did out of the box. ??? any help you can give me

[STRIKERZ3R0]

@mikejm89 If you want, can you send me a pic of your circuit board? Maybe I can take a look and might be able to help you further. I'll PM my email address to you.

[tracehd1]

I also noticed that your video is 2 yrs old... It's odd I was able to find the model... ? lol

[tracehd1]

hack...I couldn't believe it. I might also add they would stop making the models you could hack. Anyways... I have finally MADE A SUCCESSFUL ghost box~! I'm a paranormal investigator and really wanted this tool for awhile. Did you know your hack is the only hack I could find on Youtube? besides that...it was the easiest to understand. You got right to the point...no irritating music, charm or worthless banter...hahaha and your right... this is 1 of the best for GhostBox..THANKYOU!!

[STRIKERZ3R0]

@mikejm89 When you cut you should be able to "cut" away, or in my case, "scrape" away the green layer covering the bronze connector. After that you need to cut/scrape away at the bronze connector/strip until it no longer is a solid strip. In other words, you actually break the connection of the bronze strip. If you did that and the bronze strip is no longer a solid strip and it still doesn't work, there might be a chance that you are cutting the wrong one.