[Yaesu] FT50 & battery drainage

[Richard Heryford]

Brian,
	Sounds pretty sypical of Yeasu's.  I couldn't believe it when I
noticed my FT-530 getting hot when it was doing nothing but RECEIVING!
Very poor power regulation design.  As compared to my old Icom 32-AT which
could run all month on a single charge, I am lucky if my FT-530 will make
it to the end of the day.

	Rich

On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, The Smithsons wrote:
> Anyone have experience with the FT50R and drainage
> of the NiCD while it is off? I can't leave the battery
> connected to mine more than a week or so while it
> is off or it will be dead.
> 
> Sound familiar?
> 
> n8wrl -Brian
> 
> 
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