[ICOM] Icom IC-T2H HT

[Gary P. Fiber]

Dick,
As I remember the T2 - BP-194 battery case never supported recharging 
from the T2 transceiver.  Possibly there is a diode internal to the pack 
to prevent you from charging alkaline batteries accidentally.  The T2 
also would not power from the charging jack on the radio enough to transmit.

Its been a number of years since I have looked at a T2H. Does the nicad 
pack have 3 contacts on it and the BP-194 only 2?
Icom used the 3rd contact for recharging and if the battery case has 
only two contacts verses 3 on the nicad pack there is the answer.

Gary K8IZ


Dick KF4NS wrote:
> For the past four years I have always removed the BP-194 case to 
> charge the NICAD batteries. I decided to try the side jack in the 
> radio to do the charging per the manual. It does nothing. I tried many 
> power sources within the DCV range in the specs. NOTHING HAPPENS!
>
> I put 9.6vdc to the jack with the pack out and read 8.9vdc on the 
> contact pins, . Something is getting in there. It cannot be the pack 
> case because I charge it externally using the contacts on the pack.
>
> Anybody with any ideas why the batteries will not charge from the 
> jack?
>
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow! 
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