With my Millenium QSYER I only get about five weeks with a battery.  My 
radio is an ICOM 775DSP.  I am saving this info and will get my sighted 
friend to take a look at the menu.  Thanks much,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: Increased Battery Life On Millenium QSYer


> Danny,
>
> I've been using my QSYer on HF with my Icom 7000 right at four months now
> using the same battery.  I haven't heard how long, long is, for battery 
> life
> so maybe others can report on their experience.
>
>
> Phil.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:20 PM
> Subject: Increased Battery Life On Millenium QSYer
>
>
>> Hi All, there was a discussion here a while back about not so good =
>> battery life on John Hansen's little box.  This evening I was editing =
>> the qsyer manual and deleating any references except for Icom radios, =
>> when I came across this quote in the configuration portion.
>> "
>>
>> If your ICOM radio has a menu item that says something like "CI-V 731 =
>> mode," make sure it is set to "off". Also be make sure that the CI-V =
>> transceive setting
>> is set to "off".
>> This will cause the battery in the keypad to last longer."
>>      I once had a 706Original which I never had a proper cable to =
>> program.  But I do remember in the ham radio deluxe instructs, we were =
>> told to turn that civ setting _On! Weren't we?
>> So, if you're using the radio alternately, with both the keypad and the =
>> computer, and forgetting to turn off the above outlined setting, when =
>> unplugging the computer and using the keypad, it would stand to reason =
>> that the battery drain would be increased.  Just a thought, Check your =
>> situations out and let us know, please.
>> HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
>>
>>
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