Replacing the NiCads with Li-Ion's in a HT

[Jeffhs]

I replaced the NiCad batteries in my Icom IC-T22a handheld a year and a half or so ago with NiMH cells. Worked very well and they still work quite well to this day. One thing I like about NiMH cells is that they have no "memory" effect as do NiCads. I don't recall the brand of the NiMH cells now in my handheld, but I got them at Amateur Electronic Supply in Milwaukee for a fraction of what I paid several years ago for a NiCad pack for my Yaesu FT-207R. When the 4-cell NiCad pack in the 207R goes West (I don't expect it to fail for quite a while, as I don't use that HT very often), I'll replace it with an identical NiMH pack. The results I'm seeing with the NiMH AA cells in my Icom HT have sold me for good on this type of rechargeable battery. I won't go back to NiCads again.

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