A car battery would be ideal. If you want something smaller, get something
along the line of a motorcycle battery. If you use a standard wet cell, be
aware that discharging them deeply then recharging will kill them in no
time. There are batteries designed for deep discharge. The two nine volt
battery idea could be done with a voltage divider but you would find that
due to the low capacity of them, they would not last very long. It would get
rather expensive. As long as you have the voltage correct, the internal
resistance of the radio will take care of the current.


"Warpcore" wrote in message
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I know a car battery can be used to power the DX 394, but how does one
connect ? While the voltage would be correct, what about the current ?

OTH, if I simply took two 9 volt lantern batteries and hooked them up in
series, would that work alright, or would I need to reduce the voltage
with
a resistor ?

TIA
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