[OZAPRS] battery for TH7DA

Ben Lindner-VK5JFK vk5jfk at activ8.net.au
Sun May 31 15:32:45 EST 2009


I would love a battery pack from Batteries America, but it will cost 
about $60-70 postage.
 I may have to give HYE Trading Power a call tomorrow and see what they 
can come with

cheers
Ben
VK5JFK

Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> After seeing what a battery pack from the US cost, I ended up just 
> buying the Kenwood 4xAA pack from andrews, and use NiMH's in it - i've 
> had about 12 hours of on-time out of it so far (over the last six 
> weeks), and the batteries are yet to go flat.. :)  Although granted 
> it's not tx'ing every 5 minutes like it would be if it had a GPS 
> plugged in and was sending posits.. Only downside is it won't charge 
> the batteries from the DC jack in the side (I'm yet to experiment with 
> removing the diode in the pack and seeing if it will charge them..), 
> though since I don't have a GPS to plug into the D7 since someone 
> stole my etrex, i don't really use it much other than as a normal 
> handheld these days :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> DG
>
> Damien Gardner Jnr
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> On 31/05/2009, at 12:21 PM, Ben Lindner-VK5JFK wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Has anyone replaced their battery on the Kenwood TH7DA with an after 
>> market one that has better staying power than the original.
>>
>> If so could they send me some details on where you got the battery 
>> and and what size.
>>
>> many thanks
>> Ben - VK5JFK
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