I've got the right charger (with cup) coming to me now. It turns out that there are two batteries, one for the XG-100 and one for a 7100/7200, that are very similar but not quite identical and they require different chargers.
I need the newest version of the 7100 charger for this application. I should have it in a few days.
And, ironically, now that I've made the commitment to Li batteries for my 7100s, I just bought a P7370
with everything I want except for ProVoice, and I already bought the ProVoice upgrade for it, which was
a very affordable 250 dollars.
My impression of the P7300 is that it's a good radio, and has addressed the major complaint about the 7100 platform, being its lack of audio output. The 7300 is considerably louder and stays clear at high volume. It's almost like they finally paid attention to Motorola's always superb audio performance in their public safety radios or something.
The 7300's receiver is slightly less sensitive than the 7100. It's noticeable. Sitting side by side, when
my 7100 is receiving at full quieting, there can be some background hiss from the 7300. The 7300 also gets some of the "chirping birds" background noise (on an edacs system) when it's not at full quieting.
I believe the difference is minor enough that using a high gain whip antenna will compensate, and I'll have one of those in hand in a few days when my order comes in that includes the charger and several other goodies.
The 7300's overall audio quality is better than that of an unmodified P7100 but I'm in the habit of doing a simple mod to any 7100. I pull the speaker out of the cover, apply a cross of electrical tape directly
to the face of the speaker, then glue the speaker back into the cover and reassemble the radio. This makes the audio quality of the 7100 very nice, not shrill at all. It almost sounds good enough to be a Motorola radio when you do that.
