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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:27:00 -0500
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I worry more about the clip on the t90 than the thf6's, seems solid enough 
to me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: I'm getting a TH-F6A as a late Christmas present, a question.


> i'm a little concerned with the integrity of the little clip at the top of
> the HT where you unclip the battery.
> It doesn't seem to be awfully solid and taking the battery on and off all
> the time to charge it would cause strain on that thing i'm sure...so i
> wonder if anyone makes a TH F6A battery with external contacts to prevent
> undo strain...cuz once that clip breaks, your hooped.
> one nice thing about the IC T90A I guess...you can use a drop in charger
> with the stock battery...though the stock battery doesn't seem to be 
> nearly
> as good as the F6's stock battery.
> regards
> Colin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: I'm getting a TH-F6A as a late Christmas present, a question.
>
>
>> Yup, you put the battery in the charger upside down so the contacts the 
>> HT
>> uses make contact with the ones on the charger and it charges it no
>> problem,
>> I've been doing that for about 5 years now. My Batteries America battery
>> is
>> the same exact thing.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: I'm getting a TH-F6A as a late Christmas present, a 
>> question.
>>
>>
>>> I'm curious how this works as there aren't any external contacts on the
>>> Kenwood battery, it must use the same contacts the ht uses?
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 6 Jan
>>> 2010, John Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use the Kenwood battery in my batteries America charger with no
>>>> problem.
>>>> In fact I haven't used the Kenwood charger since I got that one and
>>>> don't
>>>> remember where the Kenwood charger is anymore.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:15 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: I'm getting a TH-F6A as a late Christmas present, a
>>>> question.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, but don't you hve to use their batteries?
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Butch Bussen
>>>>> wa0vjr
>>>>> open Node 3148
>>>>> Las Vegas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Dave
>>>>> Marthouse wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You can get the drop-in charger from www.batteriesamerica.com I don't
>>>>>> remember the price off hand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 

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