High-Capacity NiCad Batteries

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From: Ori K Mizrahi-Shalom (ori@juno.com)
Date: Wed Feb 12 1997 - 11:41:17 EST

A fellow ham found a new type of rechargeable battries. He checked them
on his H-T and got about double the talk-time of the standard cells he
was using.

Manufacturer: Panasonic
Type: AA, High-Capacity NiCad
Terminal voltage: 1.2V
Capacity: 1100 mA-H
Price: $15 for 4 batteries and a charger
                    (at Price-Costco)

For a reference, other AA-type batteries offer the following:

Alkaline: 1.5V/2400 mA-H
recharg. Alkaline: 1.5V/1300 mA-H, 25 charges, capacity after 10
charges
standard NiCad: 1.2V/600 mA-H, 300+ charges

Usual disclaimers.

ORI AC6AN

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