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"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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The Escort 2 I replaced it with is rated just 0.5 amps during receive,
and the
ICOM IC-A5 that replaced *that* runs for hours on a set of AA batteries.
Were
those first-generation solid-state radios really that inefficient?

yes. back then no one thought about power efficiency.

It is true that power-efficiency wasn't a prime design factor
before the 90's or so. Even so, it would really take a lot of
bad sense to design a solid state nav TX drawing 2 amps
(that means 25 watts!) in rx standby or even active mode.
So, unhindered by much factual knowledge, I tend to agree
with O/P, somethings's wrong somewhere.

Humbly from continental Europe,
Karel.