[Scan-DC] BC396 Battery Life

[hsgorden at comcast.net]

Doug - are these 12v batteries?   If they are not it really doesn't matter - you could get a voltage reducer cable at the RAT-SHACK -  Either way - most good battery supply stores sell a small 12v gel cell - has plenty of capacity - just attach a couple of leads from your radio to the battery...  The battery can ride on your belt in a big fanny pack or if you make the lead long enough in a knap-sack...73's  Howard W3CQH - Busy getting a Bone Marrow Transplant and sry I can't join the fun on 1-20 




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From: oldsdoug at hotmail.com 
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:37:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Scan-DC] BC396 Battery Life 


All, 

I'd be interested to hear "reports from the field" re battery life on the Uniden BC396 - mine only seems to last about an hour (no more than two) when running on batteries, even when starting with supposedly a full charge.  Granted, I do have it set so that the backlight comes on whenever it receives a transmission, and haven't tried it without this setting, but it also seems to take a long time to fully recharge - like 24 hours.  It's done this since it was new (not sure how long I've had it now, I guess more than 6 months but less than a year). 

I wondered when it was new if the batteries that came with it were old or no good or something... the guy at Scannermaster did offer to replace them but I never followed up on it as it seemed to start working better after a couple of charges.  I'm going to try to pick up another set this weekend... I think they are lithium, but not sure. 

Regards, 

Doug 

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