[TenTec] Losing memories in Paragon

[n4nqy at cavtel.net]

If you have the trickle charge mod done, I dont see how you would be
losing memories unless the battery was totally dead and you lost power. 
Seems strange since I know of no other reason to lose them. My best guess
is the battery is shot.  I have found that the the optionla boards do seem
to affect the battery life but I dont have the voice board in my unit.

JB  N4NQY

> I have a model 585 Paragon with a v.6 Giehl chip that has performed
> beautifully and is my all-time favorite rig. It had the trickle-charge
> option from the factory and uses a NiCd battery for maintaining memories,
> and I've never had a problem losing memory even with all power removed for
> days at a time...until just recently. Now it may lose memories after only
> 12
> hours of "off" time. Although the battery is less than a year old, I plan
> to
> replace it, but as I recently added the voice-board I was wondering if
> that
> adds any load to the 9v battery? Are there better 9v battery options
> available? Thanks for any insights.
>
> =Vic=
> WA4THR
>
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