When you get to that low of voltage, it gets distorted at lower volumes than when you are running 9.6 and higher. I definitely notice more distortion on the lower voltage battery than on the high power ones at the same audio levels. Sounds to me that you are getting a dead cell and it's getting lower than it used to.
<br><br>73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">KC2MMI (Jared)</b> <<a href="mailto:kc2mmi@verizon.net">kc2mmi@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ron-<br> "I have been using rechargeable AA batteries in my D7 battery holder"<br>Yes, don't do it. Bear in mind the radio requires 10-12V for full power and the<br>AA pack is putting out half of that, 6V, using alkaline cells. With NiMh it only
<br>puts out 5 volts when they are fully charged--about the same thing as half-dead<br>alkalines. You're simply pushing the limits of the radio. Make up an external AA<br>pack that will give you better than 6 volts all the time, if you don't want to
<br>use the Kenwood rechargeable pack or alkalines.<br> You are also running the risk of pizzling the radio. If you operate it with low<br>voltage, the CPU tends to go psycho and then you'll need to do a reset, and<br>reprogram everything, as well as changing to new batteries.
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