That's what I was talking about.. don't toast your breand new old rig..
thanks guys..
tom N6AJR
In a message dated 1/14/2006 2:35:58 P.M. Pacific Standard
Time,k4beh@juno.com writes:
Hi Tom and Jim,
Or get the Nickel/metal Hydride that Radio Shack now offers for a little
more than the NiCds. I agree, do NOT use a regular alkaline battery for
the reasons mentioned.
Pat-K4BEH
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:14:09 -0500 "Jim G" <longpond@downeast.net>
writes:
> Tom, not only will the battery leak, but in my case 2 alkaline
> batteries
> (both 9v and new) exploded and made one bad mess. Fortunately I was
> able to
> scrape and scrub the mess out. This happened on both my Paragons.
> Do not
> put an alkaline battery in, use ni-cads, available at Radio Shack
> for $10.
>
> Jim Guyton K1QCF
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