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Vintage HT Batteries and charger Question

 

Good Afternoon. I have a TH-75a and a TH-315 HT that I've had for decades and decided to clean up, replace internal battery, repair BNC connector and bring back to life (especially the 75a dual band).?
The th315 has a PB-2 (twist lock) NiCD battery, and th75 has the PB-7 (knb-7) slide lock NiMH battery. I have called all over for batteries and chargers...(they have the battery, not a charger), OR out of stock with no time of availability on both.?

I have tried W&W manufacturing (that's where i bought the battery for th75a? back in the day), to no avail. (no response to email or call back from VM multiple times).

Does anyone have any info on other charger Models that would work...or other possibilities that i can try to bring back these wonderful radios from my College days??

Thank you all for your time!!!

73,

Art N3GCD?
 

Are you near Batteries Plus? Or Batteries and Bulbs?
Bob W4JFA?

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 5:29 PM Arthur Boehm <adboehm1@...> wrote:
Good Afternoon. I have a TH-75a and a TH-315 HT that I've had for decades and decided to clean up, replace internal battery, repair BNC connector and bring back to life (especially the 75a dual band).?
The th315 has a PB-2 (twist lock) NiCD battery, and th75 has the PB-7 (knb-7) slide lock NiMH battery. I have called all over for batteries and chargers...(they have the battery, not a charger), OR out of stock with no time of availability on both.?

I have tried W&W manufacturing (that's where i bought the battery for th75a? back in the day), to no avail. (no response to email or call back from VM multiple times).

Does anyone have any info on other charger Models that would work...or other possibilities that i can try to bring back these wonderful radios from my College days??

Thank you all for your time!!!

73,

Art N3GCD?

 

Arthur . . .


On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:59:32 -0700, "Arthur Boehm" <adboehm1@...> wrote:

Does anyone have any info on other charger Models that would work
Do you have the original chargers and they just don't work at all, or do you not
have the OEM chargers?

I ask because you might be able to fix a broken charger. If you need a charger,
eBay might have one. You can set up a persistent (saved) search for something on
eBay and if you make the search restrictive enough, you will only get notified
when one appears on eBay and not when other stuff does. (Don't set up a saved
search for battery charger. Be more specific, and the notifications will be,
too.)


Donald KX8K



----------------------------------------------------
Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

 

i do not have the oem chargers...the battery for the TH-75A is a 12v 1800ma large? 4" battery to match the case...thats my main issue...the th315 i found alot of basic batteries and wall chargers....



On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 10:05 PM Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote:
Arthur . . .


On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:59:32 -0700, "Arthur Boehm" <adboehm1@...> wrote:

>Does anyone have any info on other charger Models that would work

Do you have the original chargers and they just don't work at all, or do you not
have the OEM chargers?

I ask because you might be able to fix a broken charger. If you need a charger,
eBay might have one. You can set up a persistent (saved) search for something on
eBay and if you make the search restrictive enough, you will only get notified
when one appears on eBay and not when other stuff does. (Don't set up a saved
search for battery charger. Be more specific, and the notifications will be,
too.)


Donald KX8K



----------------------------------------------------
Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM? ?/g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp? ? /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP?





 

Would this work? Battery and charger. TH-75. The A isn't specified but I would
think a suffix wouldn't mean a design change to the battery shell.




Donald KX8K



On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 05:51:35 -0400, "Arthur Boehm" <adboehm1@...> wrote:

i do not have the oem chargers...the battery for the TH-75A is a 12v 1800ma
large 4" battery to match the case...thats my main issue...the th315 i
found alot of basic batteries and wall chargers....



On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 10:05 PM Donald Hellen <donhellen@...>
wrote:

Arthur . . .


On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:59:32 -0700, "Arthur Boehm" <adboehm1@...>
wrote:

Does anyone have any info on other charger Models that would work
Do you have the original chargers and they just don't work at all, or do
you not
have the OEM chargers?

I ask because you might be able to fix a broken charger. If you need a
charger,
eBay might have one. You can set up a persistent (saved) search for
something on
eBay and if you make the search restrictive enough, you will only get
notified
when one appears on eBay and not when other stuff does. (Don't set up a
saved
search for battery charger. Be more specific, and the notifications will
be,
too.)


Donald KX8K



----------------------------------------------------
Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP








----------------------------------------------------
Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

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