[Icom] Re: Icom SAT series question

[Gary Pearce KN4AQ]

At 10:01 PM 6/12/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Just picked up an Icom 3SAT, and have a question about
>charging the internal battery. Does the wall charger
>charge this battery when it is plugged into the DC
>jack on the top of the HT?  If so, how long does a
>charge take?  Can't find anything about it in the
>manual.
>
>73s John NE0P


Yes, it charges via the wall charger and jack, and does NOT charge when the 
radio is placed in a drop-in charger.

The time is shown on page 5 of your manual, under the diagram of the wall 
charger - it says 15 hours.  The small internal battery won't last very 
long in operation.

It is out of the loop when there's an external battery in place.  You have 
to remove the external battery for the internal battery to work, even if 
the external battery is dead.  And you have to remove the external pack to 
charge the internal battery.

If the internal battery is no good (likely in any of the SAT's today), some 
of the aftermarket suppliers have packs in that configuration, and they're 
easy to replace.  The radio opens "clamshell" style by removing four screws 
from the back, and one from the belt-loop ring on the right side.

73,
Gary KN4AQ

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