Chris:

Thanks for the info on Chuck Turner.

I'll keep it for future reference.

My only question would be that, by the time you bought the replacement
batteries, paid him to install them, and paid to and from shipping costs
between somewhere else in the US  and California, wouldn't you almost be
paying more than what the radios are currently worth?

Not trying to be difficult or argumentative here.

Just trying to look at things from an economic standpoint.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids,  MI



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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Chris Watson
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 2:15 PM
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Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT Internal Battery

Give Chuck Turner a call.

Turner Radio

40074 176th st
Lake Los Angeles CA 93591

661 264 3680

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I've sent many folks out here to him for repairs.
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ChrisAI6U
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On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 06:25:54AM -0400, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> Yes, this battery is soldered into the radio.
> 
> And, of course, Radio Shack stopped selling the replacement battery 
> with the pig tails of wire attached to it years ago.
> 
> An engineer at work replaced two of them for me about 3 years back.
> 
> I took the old battery to Interstate Battery. A technician there 
> soldered some leads onto similar sized button batteries for me, 
> although technically, I don't think they are suppose to be heated like
that.
> 
> I have been told that there is enough room inside the HT to install a 
> holder for a similar battery, but I have not asked anyone to do that 
> for me yet. I will look further into that possibility the next time 
> one of the batteries fails.
> 
> When the lithium battery dies, you lose the memories each time the 
> radio is turned off. Then you get a bunch of beeps and an error 
> message each time it is turned on. Additionally, everything about the 
> radio resets to its defaults each time as well.
> 
> You can make it work, but re-programming even one channel every time 
> you want to use it gets old in a hurry.
> 
> --
> Mike Duke, K5XU