[Standard] Standard C156A-is it THAT rare??

[ted hay]

Jun's have a battery listed in there blowout section for the 156.

Ted

Bob Shannon wrote:
> 
> At 01:13 PM 1/24/03 -0800, John Geiger wrote:
> >Just picked up a Standard C156A 2 meter HT on ebay.  I
> >am starting to wonder if the seller was the only
> >person to ever buy one of these HTs.  QST reviewed it
> >and give it a very good review, but there is only 1
> >review of it on eham.net.  Every aftermarket battery
> >place does not carry battery packs for this model, and
> >most of the on-line manual downloads do not have its
> >manual.
> >
> >Was the HT that rare?  If so, why.  Looks like a good
> >HT at a great price.  If you also have one, would
> >appreciate comments on it.
> 
> I had a C156A and batteries are scarce as chickens teeth. did many
> a net search for them. finally cut my old ones open with a small
> dremel saw and replaced the NiCads inside with NiMh from
> Batteries Only, out of Canada. Soldering can be a real pain so
> watch out for that heat factor. Good Luck!
> Bob
> 
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