Hello Clyde,
thank you for the reference. I keep discovering odd little bits that this radio does, like the timer, and I just saw the WIRES internet link. I generally just use it with manual frequency input for simplex.
The timer is not on. The battery did wake up again after a long charge. The original battery is old, and I have an aftermarket replacement. You mention rebuilding the battery, which is something I will look into, since the original is no longer in production.
73
Tobias KK7BCO/2M0TFF