a few things:
you'll have to get the batteries america battery that has the charging 
contacts on the outside of the battery pack...and the drop in charger from 
batteries america as well.
I can't remember if you are in canada, but if you are, batteries america 
doesn't ship here yet to my knoledge.
The TH F6A will recharge the battery from the supplied wallwart in 6.5 
hours...so it's not as bad as some HT's that take more than a day to 
recharge the stock battery.
You can also use a 13.8VDC power supply to both charge the battery and tx on 
the HT while it's charging...I don't think you can do this with the 
wallwart...at least you can't transmit using the wallwart alone.
I have to look in the manual, but the radio might allow you to tx while 
using the wallwart charger by switching to the battery while transmitting 
and back to charging when receiving.
But, more than likely not.

Also, there is a  key chart, manual and menu list in text format on

HTTP://www.icanworkthisthing.com

that are very comprehensive.

You might check ebay for after market batteries and drop in chargers made in 
china that will be far cheaper and will ship to canada at a very low 
shipping rate.
If all else fails, it would likely be cheaper for you to pickup a small say 
2 or 3 amp 13.8V power supply and just run the radio off that as well as 
using it for a battery charger.
I think the source or radio shack have these for around $30.
Pickup a DC cable for the HT, or chop the cable off the supplied wallwart 
for this purpose.
As butch said, the f6a isn't a battery hog and the stock battery will last 
quite a good length of time before it needs to be recharged.
Also, consider picking up an after market antenna for the f6.  The stock 
duck isn't great, though adequit on all 3 bands.
There have been allot of great reviews on the Diamond SRH-320A.  It 
increases tx range and is a far better receiving antenna than the stock 
duck.  It's around 50 bucks, 42 from universal radio.
there is also the Maldol MH610 for the f6 and a comit as well...but from all 
i've read, the diamond out performs both of those on all three F6 bands.

Enjoy your new rig when it comes.  You'll love it.
If you need any help getting to know the radio without slogging through the 
manual throw me an email...i'm on skype as well if that works.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:17 PM
Subject: I'm getting a TH-F6A as a late Christmas present, a question.


> Hi.
>
> Before I ask my question, I need to clarify two things.  First, this is a
> present that I purchased for myself.  Second, and perhaps more important 
> to
> me, my financial advisor, also known as Mom, has threatened to kill me if 
> I
> order anything else.  I'd say I'll just move, but the delivery dude 
> wouldn't
> know where to bring the radio, so I'll stay here and risk the Wrath of 
> Mom.
> (Hey, wasn't that the name of the second Star Trek movie? <grin>)
>
> I've listened to the tutorial that Handiham has on the radio, and it seems
> easy enough to operate, but I do have a question.  The tutorial mentions
> that there is a drop in charger for the battery packs you can get for this
> radio.  Does anybody have information about this charger, such as how much
> it is, and where can I get it?  I have a Radio Shack HT that I'm gonna 
> sell,
> and one thing I like about it is that you can charge the battery without 
> it
> being connected to the radio.  I purchased a second battery for it, and 
> I've
> yet to run into the situation where both batteries are dead, because I
> always have one charged and ready to use.  I plan on buying a second 
> battery
> for the new HT, and I'd like a way of charging it while using the radio. 
> I
> could always buy a second TH-F6A and use it exclusively as a charger, but
> that would be real expensive, and I wouldn't have to worry about any 
> radios,
> because of my early death from an antenna strangulation.  Wonder how much
> time Mom would get for a justified killing of her son?
>
> That's about it from me.  I'm getting excited about this radio, and I 
> should
> have it Friday or Monday.
>
> 73
> Kevin Minor
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