Darren,

The battery takes between 12 and 15 hours to charge with the wall charger 
which comes with the radio.  I suggest you go up to 
http://www.batteriesamerica.com and think about getting their charger and a 
couple of their larger battery packs for the th-f6a because they'll last 
longer in terms of transmit and receive time than the one which comes with 
the radio and also because they're more output than the one which comes with 
the radio.

As far as the software goes, it works great, of course you have to buy the 
interface cable, but it's a nice piece of work and makes setting up the 
radio fairly easy.

Fred Olver  n9bso  [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Tomblin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:15 AM
Subject: thf6a questions


> Hi,
> I think I have decided on the thf6a but I have a couple questions first. I
> was wondering about the battery and how long it lasts how long it takes to
> recharge and if there is a quick way to do it. also has anyone know how 
> well
> the computer programming works. thanks