NWI_Scanner_Guy
SCANNING THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1987
Hmmmm, experienced a very interesting / unusual occurrence today with my HP-2. It may have been going on for a few days, but today is the first time I really noticed it.
After selling my 536HP that I used at my kitchen table and replacing it with my HP-2, I began experiencing intermod problems with the HP-2 at the table. Tried my 436HP there, and didn't experience the problem, so I decided to do a swap; left the 436 at the table and put the HP-2 bedside.
For some reason, the HP-2 seems to eat through batteries, whether I'm using rechargables or alkaline batteries. Since I use my laptop for Kindle reading in bed, I decided to run a USB cord from the computer to the radio. While it worked okay for the most part, the cord kept getting in the way. After giving it some thought, I hooked up a 10,000mAh external battery (the type used to charge cellphones and tablets) to power the scanner. All seemed to be working fine...until this evening.
Had the HP-2 on, but not hearing much, while I was doing a little light cleaning near my bed when I accidentally hit the battery and knocked it off of the night stand. The radio stayed on the table, but the USB cable came out of the battery end and was dangling off the side of the table, still attached to the radio.. All of a sudden it seemed that the scanner came to life. I figured it was a sudden "flurry" of activity and didn't give it anymore thought. Picked up the battery and reconnected it to the scanner and it went silent. Not totally silent, but I wasn't hearing as much as when the battery was disconnected. Seeing that I was curious, I disconnected the battery and once again, the HP-2 roared to life. As a further test, I decided to connect the scanner back to my laptop to see what the result would be, and when I did, there was no change in reception. It was "hearing" everything it was when it was just running on the internal batteries. So, just to see if the 'problem' was the external battery, I once again hooked it up to the radio and suddenly it got very quiet.
So now I'm wondering why the external battery would cause a reduction of what the HP-2 was picking up. The battery has two outputs, a 1.0 amp output and a 2.1 amp output. Experienced the reduction on both of them. Also thought it might have something to do with the external battery trying to charge the internal batteries, but once again, experienced the reduction whether the batteries were charging or not.
Has anyone else tried using an external battery and experienced the same problem? Anyone have any ideas why something like this would happen? If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance.
After selling my 536HP that I used at my kitchen table and replacing it with my HP-2, I began experiencing intermod problems with the HP-2 at the table. Tried my 436HP there, and didn't experience the problem, so I decided to do a swap; left the 436 at the table and put the HP-2 bedside.
For some reason, the HP-2 seems to eat through batteries, whether I'm using rechargables or alkaline batteries. Since I use my laptop for Kindle reading in bed, I decided to run a USB cord from the computer to the radio. While it worked okay for the most part, the cord kept getting in the way. After giving it some thought, I hooked up a 10,000mAh external battery (the type used to charge cellphones and tablets) to power the scanner. All seemed to be working fine...until this evening.
Had the HP-2 on, but not hearing much, while I was doing a little light cleaning near my bed when I accidentally hit the battery and knocked it off of the night stand. The radio stayed on the table, but the USB cable came out of the battery end and was dangling off the side of the table, still attached to the radio.. All of a sudden it seemed that the scanner came to life. I figured it was a sudden "flurry" of activity and didn't give it anymore thought. Picked up the battery and reconnected it to the scanner and it went silent. Not totally silent, but I wasn't hearing as much as when the battery was disconnected. Seeing that I was curious, I disconnected the battery and once again, the HP-2 roared to life. As a further test, I decided to connect the scanner back to my laptop to see what the result would be, and when I did, there was no change in reception. It was "hearing" everything it was when it was just running on the internal batteries. So, just to see if the 'problem' was the external battery, I once again hooked it up to the radio and suddenly it got very quiet.
So now I'm wondering why the external battery would cause a reduction of what the HP-2 was picking up. The battery has two outputs, a 1.0 amp output and a 2.1 amp output. Experienced the reduction on both of them. Also thought it might have something to do with the external battery trying to charge the internal batteries, but once again, experienced the reduction whether the batteries were charging or not.
Has anyone else tried using an external battery and experienced the same problem? Anyone have any ideas why something like this would happen? If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance.
