Larry Dighera wrote:

On 5 May 2006 08:54:01 -0500, Robert Tenet wrote in
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I'm at a new airport and didn't want to get a reputation
for recklessness

Have you considered purchasing a new battery for your handheld?

I thought I answered that elsewhere in the message you
quoted. The handheld didn't use batteries I could buy that
day. It was a choice between not flying because the radio
didn't work or flying without the radio. I asked here,
because I wondered if other pilots would consider it to be
reckless.