I bought an extended battery for my uv-5r, charged it and put it in the radio. Now when I transmit on an UHF frequency the LCD display dims out. The radio still tx's and the led lights up. Is it possible that the desktop charger that came with the radio is not capable of fully charging the extended battery?
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UV-5R extended battery
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Could be, although it certainly takes long enough to charge. I've also noticed that happening on my rig with the larger battery (feeding a dummy load, but also into my old Rat $hack 20-006 when in the Faraday cage in the basement as proof-of-concept.) Didn't do it when I first acquired the batteries but has developed over time. This only seems to happen when running high-power on UHF, and becomes more pronounced the closer I tune to the centre of the band (450 MHz.) This has not happened when running low power on UHF or either on VHF, in any mode when using six Energiser "Recharge" 2300 mAh NiMH AA batteries (1.2V) in the AA tray, or with the stock rechargeable battery.
Mine's primarily used as a receiver, but this is something I thought rather odd. At least I didn't pay a lot for the 3800s and rarely key up (especially at high power), so personally I'm not too concerned, but I can understand how this would be a concern to others.
sq3hopeFD, did you get your batteries from "Expert Power" on Amazon, by chance?
Mine's primarily used as a receiver, but this is something I thought rather odd. At least I didn't pay a lot for the 3800s and rarely key up (especially at high power), so personally I'm not too concerned, but I can understand how this would be a concern to others.
sq3hopeFD, did you get your batteries from "Expert Power" on Amazon, by chance?
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I got mine through "Monster Power" on eBay.
I don't have the issue with the stock battery either.
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I have the drop-in charger. The one that came with the radio. It's there a different charger I should get?
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I have the UV-5RB with two 3600 ma batteries. No problems so far and I am using the charger that came with the radio.
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