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VK6BE > FT817 12.12.06 15:59l 28 Lines 1004 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Read: GUEST DK8MW DL1RX VE7HFY
Subj: Re: Fooling the 817 shut down?
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : FT817@WW
I am glad I saw your bulletin, Andy, as I was wondering if there was
something wrong with my FT817 that caused the battery to run flat so
quickly. The first time it happened I thought the battery was US and
replaced it. Fortunately the batteries are easy to get and relatively
cheap as they are the same battery that runs some of the toy cars and
suchlike models that the kids play with now.
When I use the FT817 in the shack I run my 13.8 volt supply to it.
Bob VK6BE in the garden of Eden in the Deep South.
> I've just had a thought about the FT817's limited battery life.
>
> Usually the rig will die once 7.5 volts has been reached.
>
> Now I wonder if it's possible to fool the rigs voltage sensor to read
> a higher voltage so that it's possible to squeeze the dregs of life out
> the batteries for low power ?
>
> I know that it's in the calibration menu's, switch on whilst holding the
> ABC keys down.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> - Andy -
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