Hi Ori,
At 11:41 AM 2/12/97 EST, Ori K Mizrahi-Shalom wrote:
>
>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
Hmm. Just off-hand, it looks like the rechargable alkalines might be the
better bet. But then, I'm not too fond of NiCads because of their memory.
Dean -- from Des Moines (KB0ZDF)
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