[Boatanchors] OT but pertinent

[Carl]

I still have the Vibroplex Presentation model and case I received from my 
parents for my 16th birthday present which was 1956. Tried using it about 5 
years ago and gave up. I used to have a nice banana boat swing with it (-;. 
Been using keyers since the mid 80's when I got back into contesting and 
serious DX chasing.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Harris" <cosmophone at yahoo.com>
To: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>; "Boat Anchors" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT but pertinent


> Dick,
>
> There are batteries with integrated circuits inside which keep track of 
> the
> charge going in and the charge going out the battery.  In effect they 
> measure
> either coulombs or amp-hours.  It is reasonable to assume that a 
> manufacturer
> could choose to use one of these IC's outside the battery rather than 
> inside or,
> alternatively, the battery might have the chip inside but connections to 
> it
> might only be made while it's installed in the phone.  Either way, the 
> only way
> the charge monitoring chip would know if the battery had been charged 
> would be
> if it were installed in the phone while charging.
>
> Brian Harris, WA5UEK
> phone 214-763-5977
> email cosmophone at yahoo.com
> website www.myhamshack.com/wa5uek
>
>
> When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to
> answer "present" or "not guilty."  Theodore Roosevelt
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dick KF4NS <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 6:29:13 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] OT but pertinent
>
> This is a new one on me. Have you ever heard of a device that will not
> allow NIMH batteries to be charged using an external charger  (my MAHA
> C777plus) ? What in the  world kind of gadgetry would know if I
> charged my batteries in the device or elsewhere?
>
> Here is my inquiry to the MFR:
> Dear Richard,
> Thank you for your recent inquiry to our Consumer Sales and Service
> Center. Please keep the original email attached with our response in
> case further assistance is needed.
>
> The phone model CL81209 (and all of our cordless products) is designed
> to have the battery charged while inside the battery compartment of
> the handset. Charging the batteries while outside the battery
> compartment will not work.
>
> We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
>
> Thank you for contacting AT&T.
>
> AT&T Telephones
> Consumer Sales and Service Center
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
> From: rjcjkeller at verizon.net
> Received: 10/21/2010 5:39:51 PM Central Standard Time (GMT - 5:00 )
> To: atttelephoneproducts at aatphones.com
> Subject: Product Problem
>
> A Product Problem has been requested.
> First Name: Richard
> Last Name: Keller
> Zip: 33714-2726
> Email: rjcjkeller at verizon.net
> ConTel: 727-527-1331
> Product Model: CL81209
> Serial : HW002080123
> Comments: My question is of a technical nature. I would like an
> explanation as to why the batteries cannot be charged externally and
> then inserted into the phone. I am an electronics technician with a
> lifetime of communications and telephone technical experience. I own a
> very sophisticated computerized analyzer/charger/conditioner/cycler
> which I use for batteries of all types. I charged the batteries to the
> full capacity and conditioned them, only to discover that the phone
> will not accept these properly charged batteries as fully charged and
> ready for use. The battery status indicator shows no charge and the
> will not recognize a full charge until I leave it on the supplied
> charger stand for at least 16 hours. Why is that?
> Thanks in advance,
> Richard
>
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
>
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