[Racal] RA6790/GM battery

[n4xy]

Thanks Bob! I found a great AA nicad source. The bad news is that Mouse Ni MH supposedly similar battery? Darn turned out to be a 9V 'standard-shape' battery. Sure, it's NiMH, but ~ useless to me + I really don't like 'em, cuz if you ever manage to get a ring across those terminals, you''re gonna lose that finger (or at least, with NiCads you would due to their extremely low ESR-I don't know for sure about NiMH.)


From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.Bob Camp <ham at rtty.us> wrote:Hi

The "standard fix" for this and for a lot of radios its to put in a battery holder for more normal batteries. Something like AA cells. We're going to spend a *lot* of time swapping out batteries in these radios over the years ….

Bob

On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Ed Tanton <n4xy at comcast.net> wrote:

> A little while back, someone mentioned a number for a Varta replacement NiMH
> battery available from Mouser for the RA6790/GM. Not any longer. None in
> stock, none expected. So, since there was a very similar battery listed
> (same 150mA 2.4V) I went ahead and ordered all $20+ (delivered) of it-and
> they only had the one unit. Later, I realized I might have been pretty dumb:
> I cannot think of a single reason I couldn't take a 2 AA-cell holder, put 2
> 1.2V NiMH batteries in it, wrap the entire thing in plastic electrical tape,
> and wire it in. Can anyone find a flaw in that? Would've been cheaper, and
> probably a better battery.
> 
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