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Icom F70/F80

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rescuecomm

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Does the F70/F80 series portables transmit reduced power when using the alkaline 6 AA case? My F40GT's switch to 1 watt on AA power due to a grounded "pad" not being present on the battery case. My U82 ham units transmit 3.5 to 4 watts on AA's.

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The radio TX power will be reduced when using AA batteries. I'm wanting to say somewhere in the half power range, so you're probably looking at about 2.5 watts or so. The reason being is that there is to much current draw at 5 watts for alkaline batteries to handle.
 
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