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

[Ben Lindner-VK5JFK]

Damien,

lash out and buy a good battery from Batteries America, well worth the 
cost involved.

Ben
VK5JFK

Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> 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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