I always have better luck with plain batteries, especially if I'll be using the
radio on high power. I've been told about some batteries that are supposed to
give you nearly the same time per charge as non rechargable batteries but I
havn't tried them as they're kinda pricy.
Tom
Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html