tony roberts wrote in message news:nospam-69B6F8.23552803072004@shawnews...
BUT - go to a third party vendor and buy the AA battery back. Icom only
comes with a rechargeable battery pack - not much use if you are sitting
halfway up a mountain waiting to be rescued - but if you have the pack,
plus a decent supply of AA batteries, you now have yourself a good
emergency radio - in addition to it's everyday uses.

The rechargable is perfect for the daily J-3 Cub flyer who uses it as
his primary radio (that's the reason I bought mine) but the AA battery
pack is best for the emergency radio (why I use it now).