Greetings all,
After a long hiatus, I'm getting back into radio. While digging my gear out, I discovered that the lithium backup battery in my FT-51R has bit the dust, probably many years ago.
It is Yaesu part number Q9000627 - a CR1216 battery with tabs attached for soldering to the controller board. According to info on another site, from 2009, the actual number is CR1216-1F6 and the original Mfgr is Panasonic.
I contacted Yaesu and they informed me that the battery is no longer available from them. I've done some searching for CR1216 with tabs, and mostly what I am seeing is a lot of eBay sellers from China, and I'm not confident the tabs match.
I'm hoping somebody out there has some suggestions. I'd hate to have ditch this thing because of a $3 battery.
Thanks!
Matt
N8SHA
After a long hiatus, I'm getting back into radio. While digging my gear out, I discovered that the lithium backup battery in my FT-51R has bit the dust, probably many years ago.
It is Yaesu part number Q9000627 - a CR1216 battery with tabs attached for soldering to the controller board. According to info on another site, from 2009, the actual number is CR1216-1F6 and the original Mfgr is Panasonic.
I contacted Yaesu and they informed me that the battery is no longer available from them. I've done some searching for CR1216 with tabs, and mostly what I am seeing is a lot of eBay sellers from China, and I'm not confident the tabs match.
I'm hoping somebody out there has some suggestions. I'd hate to have ditch this thing because of a $3 battery.
Thanks!
Matt
N8SHA