Handheld Radios - Icom A5 or A6?

I keep a pack of alkaline batteries in the airplane.. A 30 pak I get
from Home Depot... I have switched from NiCd, NiMh, Li, etc.,
batteries to alkalines for back up in the 195 and 295 in the plane...
Also for the Lightspeeds, the prop tach meter, the LED flash lights,
etc... Also in the antenna analyzers, the frequency counter, the Nikon
F5, and on, and on, in my shop... After I idly did a cost analysis one
night I realized that by the time you purchase batteries and chargers,
and put up with the rapid self discharge, and the lower voltage, and
buying new rechargeable batteries on nearly an annual basis, you are
money ahead to simply use alkalines...

Denny

Denny wrote:
I keep a pack of alkaline batteries in the airplane.. A 30 pak I get
from Home Depot... I have switched from NiCd, NiMh, Li, etc.,

44 pack from Costco. about $10-11. Great price. IIRC, Duracell
repackaged for Costco. At least that's what one of the Costco people
told me last year.

Blanche wrote:

44 pack from Costco. about $10-11. Great price. IIRC, Duracell
repackaged for Costco. At least that's what one of the Costco people
told me last year.

I don't think they are Duracells (although they might be made by that
company). I've been using the Costco (Kirkland brand) batteries for
years and they're definitely inferior to the Duracell and Eveready
branded versions. Of course at that price and in that quantity, I
don't really mind that they don't last as long. They're still a good
deal.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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44 pack from Costco. about $10-11. Great price. IIRC, Duracell
repackaged for Costco. At least that's what one of the Costco people
told me last year.

I don't think they are Duracells (although they might be made by that
company). I've been using the Costco (Kirkland brand) batteries for
years and they're definitely inferior to the Duracell and Eveready
branded versions.

The batteries at Costco that have "Duracell" written on the packaging and on
the batteries had better be Duracell batteries. And yes, they were
repackaged, at least the AA size. They used to be in one huge long strip,
and now they are packaged in a wider, shorter box. Much easier to transport
and store that way.

I assume that's what Blanche is talking about, not that Duracell batteries
have been packaged as rebranded Kirkland batteries (which I can't imagine
they would, given that Costco sells Duracell branded batteries).

Pete

I fly in the Wash. DC ADIZ and often rent a plane with only one radio.
So, I carry a Vertex VXA-700 as backup. It's the only radio I know of
that has the LIoN battery to provide a longer life. It's also smaller
and lighter so less chance of leaving it behind.

It's worked well for me, to get clearance and listen to ASOS before
leaving as well as to get back in the ADIZ in a plane with a busted
audio system. (Radio apparently worked, but mic or headset didn't.)

-Malcolm Teas