Could someone please point me in the right direction to find a replacement
battery pac for a SeaRanger SRX9500 handheld marine vhf radio? Who makes
the radio? Please reply via e-mail as I don't get on the newsgroups much.
Thanks
Jim

The Sea Ranger VHF is manufactured by Techsonic Corp. in Eufaula, AL 36027,
1-800-633-1468

http://www.techsonic.com/

The customer service division of SeaRanger Marine Electronics is in Edison,
NJ 08818, 1-800-533-5007.

It may be cheaper to go to Batteries Plus and have your pack rebuilt though.

http://www.batteriesplus.com/



"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
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Could someone please point me in the right direction to find a replacement
battery pac for a SeaRanger SRX9500 handheld marine vhf radio? Who makes
the radio? Please reply via e-mail as I don't get on the newsgroups much.
Thanks
Jim

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:20:28 GMT, "KB9WMJ"
wrote:

The Sea Ranger VHF is manufactured by Techsonic Corp. in Eufaula, AL 36027,
1-800-633-1468

http://www.techsonic.com/

The customer service division of SeaRanger Marine Electronics is in Edison,
NJ 08818, 1-800-533-5007.

It may be cheaper to go to Batteries Plus and have your pack rebuilt though.

http://www.batteriesplus.com/

I second the Batteries Plus! Tell Batteries Plus to rebuild your
battery pack with the largest-capacity Nickel Metal Hydride batteries
that will fit the pack. This will eliminate the old Ni-Cd memory
problems, crappy OEM battery packs made of the cheapest batteries they
can get and you'll be simply amazed at how long these new technology
batteries will run the radio.

I've had Batteries Plus rebuild some packs this way for portable
drills. They take twice as long to charge in the crappy drill
charger, but will make a LOT of holes on a charge and you don't have
to worry about running them dry before recharging to keep Ni-Cds from
going bad. Ni-Metal Hydrides don't care if you run them all the way
down.

AA Ni Metal Hydrides are up to 2100 maH capacity, now. Amazing power
from such a little cell.


Larry W4CSC

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Don't even bother with the original manufacturer. Even if by some chance
they had the battery pack you need, odds on it would be the same age as the
radio and the batteries would only hold a twenty minute charge. I have seen
this happen a number of times when we had to replace portable pc or radio
batteries. even from first class companies like Gateway and Raytheon.
Think about it, when you build or commission a device to be built you order
the spares at the same time and put them on the shelf until someone orders
them.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:57:00 GMT, "Don" wrote:

Don't even bother with the original manufacturer. Even if by some chance
they had the battery pack you need, odds on it would be the same age as the
radio and the batteries would only hold a twenty minute charge. I have seen
this happen a number of times when we had to replace portable pc or radio
batteries. even from first class companies like Gateway and Raytheon.
Think about it, when you build or commission a device to be built you order
the spares at the same time and put them on the shelf until someone orders
them.

The ham radio walkie talkie manufacturers are FINALLY smartening up.
New miniature walkies for 2 meters and 440 Mhz are coming out that use
STANDARD Lithium-Ion batteries used in other devices, so that every
year the stupid batteries are special for only that year, and end up
just like you describe....OLD.

OEM batteries in any device are the cheapest crap available from the
lowest bidders. OEM's buy batteries in bulk on bid. They don't make
them, themselves, even Motorola.


Larry W4CSC

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Motorola.

You can buy better, but can't pay more. I hated working on that
stuff.
I hate working on any of it now. I even farm out my own stuff. It
is worse
than working on new cars. If you don't have the $600 jig and a
$5000
test set then you either toss it or pay the bandits to fix it.

Leanne - Who was one of those bandit years ago.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:41:03 -0500, "Leanne" wrote:

Motorola.

You can buy better, but can't pay more. I hated working on that
stuff.
I hate working on any of it now. I even farm out my own stuff. It
is worse
than working on new cars. If you don't have the $600 jig and a
$5000
test set then you either toss it or pay the bandits to fix it.

Leanne - Who was one of those bandit years ago.


Someone posted this on another newsgroup. Thought you'd like to read
it....(c;


Humor for the day:

IF MOTOROLA SOLD PAINT...


Customer: Hi. How much is your paint?
Motorola Salesman: Well, sir, that all depends on quite a
lot of things.

Customer: Can you give me a guess? Is there an average
price?
Motorola Salesman: Our lowest price is $12 a gallon, and we
have 60 different prices up to $200 a gallon.

Customer: What's the difference in the paint?
Motorola Salesman: Oh, there isn't any difference; it's all
the same paint.

Customer: Well, then I'd like some of that $12 paint.
Motorola Salesman: When do you intend to use the paint?

Customer: I want to paint tomorrow. It's my day off.
Motorola Salesman: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is the $200
paint.

Customer: When would I have to paint to get the $12 paint?
Motorola Salesman: You would have to start very late at
night in about 3 weeks. But you will have to agree to start
painting before Friday of that week and continue painting
until at least Sunday.

Customer: You've got to be kidding!
Motorola Salesman: I'll check and see if we have any paint
available.

Customer: You have shelves FULL of paint! I can see it!
Motorola Salesman: But it doesn't mean that we have paint
available. We sell only a certain number of gallons on any
given weekend. Oh, and by the way, the price per gallon just
went to $16. We don't have any more $12 paint.

Customer: The price went up as we were talking?
Motorola Salesman: Yes, sir. We change the prices and rules
hundreds of times a day, and since you haven't actually
walked out of the store with your paint yet, we just decided
to change. I suggest you purchase your paint as soon as
possible. How many gallons do you want?

Customer: Well, maybe five gallons. Make that six, so I'll
have enough.
Motorola Salesman: Oh no, sir, you can't do that. If you
buy paint and don't use it, there are penalties and possible
confiscation of the paint you already have.

Customer: WHAT?
Motorola Salesman: We can sell enough paint to do your
kitchen, bathroom, hall and north bedroom, but if you stop
painting before you do the bedroom, you will lose your
remaining gallons of paint.

Customer: What does it matter whether I use all the paint?
I already paid you for it!
Motorola Salesman: We make plans based upon the idea that
all our paint is used, every drop. If you don't, it causes
us all sorts of problems.

Customer: This is crazy!! I suppose something terrible
happens if I don't keep painting until after Saturday night!
Motorola Salesman: Oh yes! Every gallon you bought
automatically becomes the $200 paint.

Customer: But what are all these, "Paint on sale from $10 a
liter" signs?
Motorola Salesman: Well that's for our budget paint. It
only comes in half-gallons. One $5 half-gallon will do half
a room. The second half-gallon to complete the room is $20.
None of the cans have labels, some are empty and there are
no refunds, even on the empty cans.

Customer: Forget this! I'll buy what I need somewhere else!
Motorola Salesman: I don't think so, sir. You may be able
to buy paint for your bathroom and bedrooms, and your
kitchen and dining room from someone else, but you won't
be able to paint your connecting hall and stairway from
anyone but us. And I should point out, sir, that if you
paint in only one direction, it will be $300 a gallon.

Customer: I thought your most expensive paint was $200!
Motorola Salesman: That's if you paint around the room to
the point at which you started. A hallway is different.

Customer: And if I buy $200 paint for the hall, but only
paint in one direction, you'll confiscate the remaining paint.
Motorola Salesman: No, we'll charge you an extra use fee
plus the difference on your next gallon of paint. But I
believe you're getting it now, sir.

Customer: You're insane!
Motorola Salesman: Thanks for painting with Motorola.


Larry W4CSC

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