[Boatanchors] OT but pertinent

Mon Feb 7 21:44:12 EST 2011

Banana boat swing?
Lord I haven't heard that expression since Galveston,,,,1970's
How time flys
Thanx
Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145
www.kk7iz-parts.com
www.lloydsdipsydumpster.com/

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From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:31 PM
To: "Brian Harris" <cosmophone at yahoo.com>; "Dick KF4NS" 
<kf4nsradio at verizon.net>; "Boat Anchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT but pertinent

> 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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