Yeah, that's about right. Fortunately, the charger does a creditable job, too. BTW, compared to other brands, the Wouxun batteries are practically giveaways, $24 apiece give or take. Definitely worth getting at least one.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Jan 5, 2011, at 9:35 PM, chad morrison wrote:
> thanks that actually helps a lot. I just turned it on today and we will see
> what a difference it will make. I hope it will be because I only have one
> battery pack right now and maby this will help it last a little while
> longer. I'm hoping to get me another one soon how ever. I was in the
> middel of a QSO today and the battery dropped on me. not much wornning is
> there? When it is ded it is ded. one minute I was talking and then,
> "battery low". smile 73
> chad
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: wouxun save battery mode.
>
>
>> very similar to the TH F6A's battery or power saving feature...only on the
>> kenwood, you can manually set the sleep and wake times...the radio goes to
>> sleep every 3 seconds by default on the TH F6A, and sleeps for 1 second
>> before listening for a signal again...it automatically does this by
>> default
>> and most people wouldn't even notice it.
>> As buddy said, sometimes you can tell when the air has been quiet for a
>> while and someone keys the repeater and starts yapping the second the ptt
>> is
>> pressed...there is an ever so slight delay and you'll miss the first
>> second
>> sometimes...I think all ham radios should come with a feature as seen in
>> many commercial radios and public safety radios...a beep indicating that
>> the
>> repeater has been brought up and you don't talk until you hear the beep...
>> I know this is done for the soul purpose of sending the individual radio's
>> ID and in a trunking system to allow time for the various radios and
>> control
>> systems to sync up, but it's a great feature that always insures that
>> others
>> hear every word you want to say right from the first sylable.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: wouxun save battery mode.
>>
>>
>>> If you turn battery save on, it sleeps a couple seconds every couple =
>>> seconds. It doesn't go into standby or automatically turn off though. =
>>> That said, it has phenomenally good battery life.
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:26 AM, chad morrison wrote:
>>>
>>>> Was just wondering if anyone knew what the wouxun hand held does to =
>>> save =3D
>>>> battery life. For example, does it go in to a stand by mode after so =
>>> =3D
>>>> long with no opporation? just wondering thanks chad
>>>> =20
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