Danny,

I've been using my QSYer on HF with my Icom 7000 right at four months now
using the same battery.  I haven't heard how long, long is, for battery life
so maybe others can report on their experience.


Phil.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: Increased Battery Life On Millenium QSYer


> Hi All, there was a discussion here a while back about not so good =
> battery life on John Hansen's little box.  This evening I was editing =
> the qsyer manual and deleating any references except for Icom radios, =
> when I came across this quote in the configuration portion.
> "
>
> If your ICOM radio has a menu item that says something like "CI-V 731 =
> mode," make sure it is set to "off". Also be make sure that the CI-V =
> transceive setting
> is set to "off".
> This will cause the battery in the keypad to last longer."
>      I once had a 706Original which I never had a proper cable to =
> program.  But I do remember in the ham radio deluxe instructs, we were =
> told to turn that civ setting _On! Weren't we?
> So, if you're using the radio alternately, with both the keypad and the =
> computer, and forgetting to turn off the above outlined setting, when =
> unplugging the computer and using the keypad, it would stand to reason =
> that the battery drain would be increased.  Just a thought, Check your =
> situations out and let us know, please.
> HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
>
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