[ICOM] IC-80AD ON AA ALKALINES?

[Ed - K9EW]

Thanks for the tip, John.  I see the output voltage is 7.5V, essentially
the same as the original battery pack, and it will take a 12VDC input from
either a car battery, or (8) AA alkalines which would give me lots of
battery time.

I'll give it a try.

73,
ed - k9ew



On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:21 AM, <wb9pnu at charter.net> wrote:

> I use one of these, works great
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/**Battery-Eliminator-for-ICOM-**
> BP-217-IC-80AD-IC-91A-IC-91AD-**IC-T90-D-Star-HT-Radio-/**
> 161023590358?pt=LH_**DefaultDomain_0&hash=**item257dc0ffd6<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battery-Eliminator-for-ICOM-BP-217-IC-80AD-IC-91A-IC-91AD-IC-T90-D-Star-HT-Radio-/161023590358?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257dc0ffd6>
>
> Probably can cut off cigarette plug and use you batteries pack, if you
> want.
>
> 73, john
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ed - K9EW
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 8:54 AM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: [ICOM] IC-80AD ON AA ALKALINES?
>
>
> I would like to operate my IC-80AD from an external alkaline AA battery
> pack.
>
> From what I can find in the manual, it looks like the best way would be to
> operate from an external pack of (5) AA alkalines batteries with a cable
> running into an empty BP-217 battery pack.
> Has anyone already done this?
>
> 73,
> ed - k9ew
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