[ICOM] Icom T90A Handheld - use during charging?

[Jack B. Wexler]

I use an Icon T22A HT, for a charity 5k 10k run/walk, off the car
battery. The HT becomes quite hot on transmit after about 20 seconds on
high power. No problems at low power (0.5W). The Ni-Cd for the T22A is
rated at 7.2V.

73, Jack KF6IFF

On Sat, 29 May 2004 05:03:09 -0500 "Jim Miller"
<JimMiller at STL-Online.Net> writes:
> I support Sports Car rally events and the MS society fundraisers and 
> several others during the year and have just replaced an older HT 
> with the T90A.  I question using the HT in either receive or 
> transmit while charging as it shows 11.2 volts on the screen on 
> power on while charging.  The normal "full charge" reading is 8.2 
> volts.  Is the full 11.2 really reaching the radio or just the 
> charging circuit?  Buying additional batteries and the fast charger 
> which are both very expensive could be avoided if it could be 
> charging at times during use.
> 
> Tnx es 73, de Jim KG0KP
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