IF the new pack is NiMH and has charger contacts on the back,
AND you have the intelligent drop-in SBH charger?
that has shipped with FT-60R radios for a few years now, all is well.
BUT - If all you have is the AC wall wart charger - and the new pack is?
NiMH - you should also invest in an intelligent NiMH charger. Pumping a?
standard-rate charge into NiMH is NOT the best way to charge that?
chemistry. YES, it works ... but that method and resulting heat will?
dramatically lessen the total discharge-charge cycles of the pack.
I am not sure why so many hams are in to Lithium packs. Li-Ion works?
better in, say, Alaska - with cold climates. They ARE slightly lighter in?
weight (so, instead, don't supersize your next fast-food meal (grin). They
DO hold?their charge longer without use than NiMH. But I do not buy radios to?
charge and toss 'em in the glove compartment and NOT use them for a year.
But - economically - you will only achieve 1/3 to 1/2 the total number of?
discharge-charge cycles from Lithium than you achieve from properly charged?
NiMH packs.
My personal solution is intelligently charging 2700mAH Maha AA cells (might?
require purchasing two of their 4-at-a-time chargers) and plopping them into?
the FBA-25 alkaline packs. Twice the "standard" battery's capacity - and also?
using the battery-saving techniques of improving antenna and turning TX power
DOWN to 2W ... and also using an audio accessory to further save battery life.
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
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Clint Bradford