[Yaesu] FT50 & battery drainage

[John Lane]

I haven't had this problem with the FT-50 or the FT-470.  I have had a set
of alkaline batteries in my FT-50 for the past 6 months with intermittent
use and they are still good.  It should be generally recognized that
Ni-Cad's have a high self discharge rate which deteriotrates with age/use of
the pack.  Unless the pack is new, most packs I have used will self
discharge on the shelf in about a month.  W8KX



>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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