[BARC-List] ICOM IC-W21AT

[Richard Amirault]

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Subject: [BARC-List] ICOM IC-W21AT
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> I attended the lecture about batteries at Thursday's BARC membership
meeting
> and am now ready to blame my poor battery upkeep for many problems, I hear
the
> IC-W21AT has an internal lithium clock battery that is kept charged by the
> battery pack BP-131 and may be the cause of the powering up failure due to
> several years of idleness?

Very likely.

> My next handheld I would like to have the option to be powered by a
battery
> pack of AA rechargeable as Leo illustrated to the members attending Leo's
> lecture.

I try to do this with every HT that I own (but that is not always possible
with the newer, tiny HT's with not enough space for a full AA pack)

> Leo also fascinated me with his remarks concerning the MAHA battery
charger.
> I have never heard of a MAHA before. I would like to learn more about this
> charger and where to buy one.

See the MAHA website at http://www.mahaenergy.com/store/products_ham.asp

Richard Amirault
N1JDU