In a message dated 1/11/1999 11:39:07 AM EST, dan_at_hagen.net writes: << This is true if you are comparing, say, AA's to AA's, but that is not relevant to my comparison of VHF alternatives. Let me use a specific example. I have a radio (Icom M7) that has both a manufacturer-supplied NiCad CM-89 battery pack (which does NOT use AA's) and a manufacturer-supplied AA pack for use with alkalines. The CM-89 pack is rated at 9.6 volts, whereas 6 AA alkalines that fit in the manufacturer-supplied AA holder produce 6 x 1.5volts for a total of 9.0 volts (when the alkalines are new) Of course it is less than 9.0 as the voltage drops through use. I asked Icom about the output of this radio when used with alkalines (since they don't publish a figure) and they said it would be LESS than 5 watts. I think that they are correct. >> Rated voltage and produced voltage is TWO very DIFFERENT things! The final say is to take a meter, hit the TX key and read the final output output. Theoretical and rated is so much rhetoric. One needs actual measured facts. agreed, not many people have this capability, but if it all means as much as the posts indicate adn the price paid for a HH is up to $400.00, is the cost of an actual test too much? i can tell you my car will do 100 MPH, but if it will only do 80 it will not win the race against one that does 90 will it? John *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 11 1999 - 12:12:18 PST
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