R20 Battery Size

[tanger32au]

Hi,
Can any members who have an Icom R20 let me know what size battery it has in mAh?
The manual says it should be 1600mAh but the one I purchased last week is marked as 1950mAh.

Paul
Launceston Radio Scanner Guy

[trap5858]

If you are talking about using AA batteries, they suggest the 1650 mAh as a minimum. You can use a higher capacity battery for longer listening time. I used to run 2250 mAh batteries in mine with no problem.
I know longer have the radio.

[tanger32au]

Originally Posted by trap5858

If you are talking about using AA batteries, they suggest the 1650 mAh as a minimum. You can use a higher capacity battery for longer listening time. I used to run 2250 mAh batteries in mine with no problem.
I know longer have the radio.

Thanks but I am asking about the Li-Ion battery pack that comes with it, my old one (which I sold) had a 1600 mAh pack from what I can remember but this one has a 1950 mAh one.

Paul

[hertzian]

The BP-206 that came with mine is rated 3.7v at 1650 mAh.

[tanger32au]

Originally Posted by hertzian

The BP-206 that came with mine is rated 3.7v at 1650 mAh.

Thank you, looks like mine has a newer / better one.

Paul

[hertzian]

That's a nice boost in capacity.

For lithium-rechargeables, I also don't do full charge-discharge cycles very often and just top them off with a recharge after any session of decent length. It's nice to know I can go 8 or more hours if I need to, but I try not to do that and just top it off to keep the overall cycle-count down. Kind of like how I treat a laptop with lithium batteries. Maybe every month or two will I do a full-charge discharge cycle.

I'm sure there's a battery thread about these, but just wanted to point this out since you are starting with a nice new one.

[tanger32au]

Thanks for the info, I gave it a full charge when I got it and had been using it since without another charge, I might give it one tonight to "top it up

Paul
Launceston Radio Scanner Guy