[1000mp] MARK V MEMORY BACKUP BATTERY

[VE2RYY]

Thanks a lot..
Iwill check around the barrety
NOEL 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <k5uj at sbcglobal.net>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 15:49
Subject: Re: [1000mp] MARK V MEMORY BACKUP BATTERY


> noel,
> 
> i was sure this had come up before so I went through the list archive 
> but only found some postings from you asking the same question before 
> and not getting any help.   Apparently this is a mystery problem.   I 
> can only suggest a new battery--maybe cleaning the contacts in the rig 
> that connect to it, or a larger source of current like a pack of 
> batteries.  it's an ugly fix I know, but loosing everything in storage 
> is pretty irritating also.   It kind of seems like one of those 
> situations where something has to get worse before you can figure out 
> what's wrong and fix it.   The contact cleaning is suggested because I 
> had an experience once where a battery's contacts oxidized over time 
> because the metal was different (copper) from what the battery ends 
> were.  The battery was fine--the contacts just needed cleaning and all 
> was okay.  if it's not that and the battery is in fact dead then there 
> is obviously some low R path draining it off perhaps though a component 
> that is doing its job but has a low resistance short from + to ground.  
> you might take a look at the schematic around the battery for possible 
> culprits.
> 
> rob / k5uj
> 
> 
> by the way, it would be really nice if the archive had a search engine 
> associated with it so that a keyword search of the archive is possible. 
>   I even tried using google but that did not work--apparently the google 
> robot is prevented from crawling the archive and indexing the posts, 
> which is too bad as the usefulness of the archive is extremely limited 
> with no keyword searching.
> 
> On Friday, May 12, 2006, at 01:03 PM, VE2RYY wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> > I wonder if anybody can tell me why I have to replace my Lithium 
> > Battery in the Mark V filed every 6 or 7 months????
> > What can be wrong ??/I have 2 mark v, and they have the same problem..
> > Would appreciate your help please
> > Regards
> > NOEL
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