[OZAPRS] THD72A power

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Yeah, that annoys the heck out of my on my D7 - if the DC jack is in the side, it *only* takes power from the DC jack..  So if the power supply there drops out, the radio turns off :(

--DG

On 16/01/2011, at 10:46 PM, Howard Small wrote:

> That happens with both my D7 and D72. It seems that when the power supply is connected the rigs run from it alone. There is a note in the D72 manual about not running it when it is one the charger.
> 
> Howard
> VK4BS
> 
> On 16/01/2011 19:48, Andrew Rich wrote:
>> > When I run the ht off battery only the ht will emit 5 watts
>> >
>> > When I run th ht off a power supply that can not supply the required amps
>> > to tx, the radio resets
>> >
>> > I would have thought the ht would draw power from the battery with power
>> > applied ?
>> >
>> > Maybe kenwood have designed it differently ?
>> >
>> > So the power socket on a thd72 must not be a low current charger but a
>> > full psu ?
>> >
>> > Andrew vk4tec
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