If Yaesu was a little smarter they would have made a compartment for lithium ion or similar for the 818 or even mid cycle of the ND version. The obsession with AAs was a mistake. When the 817 first came out it made a certain amount of sense but that era came and went quite a while ago.
? ?They also could have done much better with battery charging than the funky time method. Voltage sensing for charge state would have been far superior which would have ended charge at the appropriate level. I'm guessing that the design assignment of that section of the radio was handed over to a flunky fresh out of college. They got what they paid for on that one.
? ?JMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 12:51 PM, John
<ve3ips@...> wrote:
There are good techs that can fix or use it as a receiver
I was told by an extra that real hams blow finals at least once
Those that listen and never transmit will never be members
One ham I know has 3 817s and never transmitted them and he uses the built in battery.....which is a joke as it last 15 mins transmitting?
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