Dan wrote: >(2) They have a higher up-front cost. If you are going on a long >expedition (say, more than one month) you might need to buy two or more >battery packs. My recommendation of a 900mAh and a 1200mAh for the M15 >will last a VERY long time, unless you are talkative to the point of >violating FCC regulations. (While the upfront expense of two or more >battery packs is significant, if you use the radio frequently this is >still much cheaper than buying a mountain of alkalines.) > >While this is one of those issues where I do not expect to change >anyone's opinion, in my experience (having used both alkalines and >NiCads) there is no contest. NiCads, on balance, are a clearly superior >choice for handheld VHF radios. But if for some bizarre reason you >disagree :^) -- and want to use a reliable, truly waterproof, very >rugged handheld VHF -- then buy an Icom M15 and have a technician modify >a battery pack to use AA alkalines (yuck!). DAn: Thanks for these and the other very useful suggestions. Yes, the only reason I wanted a radio to be able to use the alkalines was to avoid the necessity of recharging. On trips of more than a couple of days, it would be very prudent to have a radio that could use both. I could not imagine why ICOM (or any other manufucturer) would not design a handheld that could use the alkalines as an option. Perhaps it would be worth it to buy a couple of backup battery packs. I never thought to ask about price of the backups NiCads. I was simply thinking about the practical matter of having backup batteries availble. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 08:05:30 PDT
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