[OZAPRS] D7 down on power on nimh's?

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Hey folks,

A while ago the battery pack on my D7 died completely, so I headed  
into andrews to get a new one..  Turned out he had the kenwood 4-AA  
box in stock, so I went with that instead, after being assured that  
the difference between my 9.6v high-capacity pack, and the 6v 4xAA  
pack wouldn't effect my power out...  Although having bought one of  
the little digitor 30W VHF amps off ebay yesterday, I find that on  
battery, the D7 is only putting out about 3W, where was on external  
DC, it's putting out the full 5W.. - Anyone else gone from a 'proper'  
pack to one of the AA packs?  And seen something similar?  Doesn't  
bother me hugely, as I pretty much always use it off the car power,  
but thought it was a bit strange..

Cheers,

DG

Damien Gardner Jnr
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