[EIDXA] Nicad battery purchase

[Steven H Sawyers (na0ia)]

My Xmas present to myself this year is to rebuild the battery packs 
for my hand helds.  I have 8 packs for the three FT-530 that I own. 
They are about 10 years old and the batteries are either dead or have 
very little power.

My packs take AA size batteries. These normally cost $3 per cell, but 
in 100 quantity, I can buy Sanyo 1100 mA-Hr batteries for $1.80 each 
plus shipping. My radio control friends tell me these are good 
batteries and very good price.

I am going to place an order with Digikey on Monday, if anyone wants 
to get in on the deal, or need some other Digikey trinkets, contact 
me by 1 PM on Monday. I should get them on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Steve