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Thanks guys for those pointers- but at US$25 (+ o'seas p&p) the cost
would come to almost as much as the radio is worth now! These sets went
for ~ US$100 during their close out ~ 2001, & 2nd hand ones are now
reputed to go for ~US$50. Stan-ZL2AJZ

If the rig was worth $100 new and $50 now why isn't it worth $25 to fix it??

It'll cost more than US$25 to fix it, since being down here in NZ p&p
will push the battery to more like $40 by the time it arrives. Believe
me- freight can be SUPER COSTLY. Some dirt cheap DIP8 ICs just sent
here from UK had US$20 postage on them...

The request is surely not an isolated one, since it transpires many of
those Yaesu VX-1 Li batteries die after ~3-4 years. As mentioned
earlier I've considered assorted battery hacks/cell repacks for the set
but wondered if this had already been tamed by others. Stan ZL2AJZ