[Scan-DC] BC396 Battery Life

[oldsdoug at hotmail.com]

Hi Howard, how are things going?  No, 4 AAs, so that would be 6 jolts - but still, a gel cell or something like that is a good idea for long-term out-in-the-field stuff, thanks.  I suspect that the orig batteries that came with mine were not up to par for whatever reason and yesterday bought 4 NiMH Duracells and a 6-hour charger at Best Buy for $27.99... gonna try those and see what they do.  Will keep ya posted.  Best wishes!

Regards,

Doug

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> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:17:10 +0000
> From: hsgorden at comcast.net
> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
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> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] BC396 Battery Life
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> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
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> All,
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Regards,
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> Doug
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