[TenTec] OMNI 5 GOES DEAD ON 40

[Barry N1EU]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The battery backed up RAM in the Omni V does not use the battery.  It uses
> a RAM chip with a built in internal battery that cannot be changed.  These
> chips were made many years ago with 10 year life lithium batteries in
> them.  You can possibly buy a new one but even the new ones are more than
> 20 years old and their internal batteries might also be bad.
>
>
ouch!

Barry N1EU