I need to replace the CR2016 in my Yeasu FT-5200. Seems ridiculous to
pay $10+ to Yeasu for a $2.00 battery. Has anyone had any luck finding a
source that you can share with me for a low cost alternative?

www.mouser.com. Part #639-CR2016-T, Sanyo CR2016 coin cell with tabs,
$3.75 in onesies. I imagine Digi-Key has something like this as well.

The non-tabbed versions are a fraction of the cost... I suspect the
tabbed ones are rather a specialty item.

Earlier this year I modded an Icom IC-228 which had one of these
tabbed batteries, nearing the end of its useful lifetime. I pulled a
coin-cell holder off of a defunct PC motherboard, stuck it down in a
convenient area inside the radio with double-sided foam tape (I used
the spot where a tone-squelch board would normally have gone),
jumpered it over to the existing coin-cell attachment leads, installed
an ordinary coin cell, and then clipped the tabs on the old battery
and removed it. The memory never lost power, and I can now replace
the battery again (in another 5-10 years) without having to desolder
anything.

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