On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:03:16 -0600, Maximus wrote
(in message ):

I don't have the money to buy a motorcycle battery and trickle charger so I
bought to

two? (not being nitpicky here - we need to know if it is one or two (or more
batteries).

6 volt lantern batteries and an adaptor

What adapter?

Come to think of it, how much voltage does a 394 need on DC operation?


to plug into the dc plug
on the back of the radio. I disconnected the AC cord from the wall

On some - not all - the AC poswer supply cord has to be disconnected from the
radio.



and
applied the batteries to the adaptor and tried to trun on the radio - nada
s.

I know I am missing something miniscule so I am hoping one of you
electronical amtateur radio folks

[chuckle] This is about the only rec radio ng where the majority of people
are not "hams" (but we like them anyway).

can help me out. The radio works fine on
AC, but every year we have a significant outtage and having battery power
for my baby would be a lot of fun s while other things are not working
which migfht be sources of interference. Thanks in advance



Yep. The last place I lived - whenever there was a storm - my wife and I
would go out on the front porch to hear the transformers explode. There was
nearly always one hit and, generally but not always, one that would affec us.

I took count one year and it worked out to an outage every 6 weeks.


Il Dolce Far Niente



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