I¡¯m the Radii Tech for Clackamas County, Oregon and every radio manufacturer says the same thing! And here¡¯s why:
The chargers are, by design, made to trickle charge the the batteries. This keeps the batteries from overheating when charging, thus prolonging their life span.?
The chargers are designed to only produce a small current level to do this and thus stop charging if this level is exceeded.?
I keep telling our folks in the court house, and every other County agency with portable radios, who use their radios to communicate emergency situations, should they arise, between the Sheriff personnel and all the Courthouse personnel.?
They tell me that they won¡¯t remember to turn OFF the radio when on the charger or to remove the radio from the charger when the radio is ON!
I tell them that they ¡°CAN¡± leave it in to listen to the radio, BUT the radio will NOT work if they NEED to use it because it does NOT charge while it¡®s in the charger!
It¡¯s a ¡°LIFE SAFETY¡± issue; ?¡° YOUR CHOICE¡±!!
But they still do it!
So to directly answer your question: ?YES, the manual is correct! ?Do NOT try to operate your radio while is connected to a charger! ?It won¡¯t charge the radio AND it could damage your charging device as well!
HOWEVER, ?they do make a ¡°Battery Eliminator¡± which allows you to use your portable radio in a mobile configuration and they work great!
73¡¯²õ!
Rod
KC7CJO?
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On Oct 10, 2021, at 04:43, David AD4TJ via groups.io <ad4tj@...> wrote:
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? The manual says don't charge the radio and use it at the same time. Is that really true? What is anyone's experience with this? I ran the radio with APRS and charging it at the same time yesterday and did not notice anything detrimental to its operation.Thanks in advance.
David AD4TJ
