> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Terry Stewart <te...@webweavers.co.nz> wrote: >> >> Hi Jules >> >> I found removing my QX-10's battery stopped the machines working. I tried >> replacing it with a lithium battery after disabling the recharging circuit >> but that didn't work either. > > In the early days of amateur radio transmitters with embedded > microprocessors, some idiot manufacturers put the firmware (all of it) in > battery backed RAM. So if the battery went dead, you had a boat anchor, not > a radio. > > I hope that sort of thing isn't what you're dealing with here... > > paul >
I'd also very much like to know this too. I have three of these things and would like not to lose them to a battery leak. I have done zero investigation so far apart from taking a look and not seeing a visible battery problem. But I was hoping to do a battery sweep later this summer, and these were among the ones I wanted to seriously look at de-batterying. Anyone here successfully replaced the battery? I honestly haven't checked the manuals to see if there are any notes on this, there might be. I think I have the SAMS pamphlet on the QX-10 as well, which might say. I'll look around and report back if I see anything relevant. -Paul
