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Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:15:39 -0500
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Interesting.  I wish I could test it one way or another, but it would be 
almost impossible to be here at the exact moment when charging is done, and 
this house is big enough so I might easily miss it.  I've never heard mine 
beep either, but my friend noticed it and asked me why it beeped.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:27
Subject: Re: thf6a questions


> Hmmm, I've never noticed it from mine and I'm usually here, My cell phone
> beeps, but I'd be willing to bet money my F6A doesn't, I'd have noticed it
> in the last 5 years I'd think. It's usually charging, when I charge it, on
> the radio desk and I'm always pretty close to it unless I'm eating or not
> home but I'm usually home when it finishes charging. I really don't think
> mine does beep.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: thf6a questions
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> The problem is that it only beeps once, so if you don't happen to be 
>> there
>> at the right moment, you'll miss it.  I sold my first TH-F6 to a friend 
>> of
>> mine, and he told me about the beep.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:34
>> Subject: Re: thf6a questions
>>
>>
>>> Mine doesn't beep when it's done. I don't talk for all that time, but I
>>> know
>>> the battery lasts as long if not longer than any current radio out 
>>> there.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: thf6a questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> Darren,
>>>>
>>>> I have the same battery, and I get about two to three hours of steady
>>>> talking at full power before the radio dies, at which point I charge 
>>>> the
>>>> battery.  Unfortunately, you won't get any warning when the radio is
>>>> about
>>>> to fail.  The radio just quits.  However, since this is not a NICAD
>>>> battery,
>>>> you don't have to wait until it is drained before charging it.  It 
>>>> takes
>>>> between 4 and 6 hours for the battery to fully charge, and the radio
>>>> beeps
>>>> when the charge is done, but you have to be right there to hear it.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Darren Tomblin" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 00:13
>>>> Subject: Re: thf6a questions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have another question about my thf6a. I was wondering about the
>>>>>battery
>>>>> when and how often I should recharge it. I have the one that comes 
>>>>> with
>>>>> radio and it seems like its holding up real good. thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> 

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