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Table E-1: Typical battery life for a conventional UHF radio* with medium economy cycling enabled
Duty cycle
RF power
Battery life (hours)
1100 mAh NiCd
1500 mAh NiCd
1850 mAh NiMH
†
5/5/90
Low (1 W)
10.5
14
16
5/5/90
High (4 W)
8
10.5
13
10/10/80
Low (1 W)
7
9.5
11
10/10/80
High (4 W)
4.5
6.5
8
* Battery life for other models can be calculated from the information in
Part B: Radio specifications
and circuit descriptions.
† NiMH batteries are best suited for monitoring, low power applications where transmissions are infre-
quent.
Summary of Contents for Orca series
Page 1: ...Tait Orca Handportable Radios Service Manual December 1998 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 8: ...A 2 Introduction 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 16: ...A 10 Introduction 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 18: ...B 2 Radio specifications and circuit descriptions 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 26: ...C 2 Diagnostics and fault finding 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 58: ...D 20 Servicing the radio 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 60: ...E 2 Battery packs and chargers 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 74: ...F 2 Interfacing non Tait accessories 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 82: ...F 10 Interfacing non Tait accessories 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...
Page 84: ...G 2 Additional information 11 98 IPN 449 51000 01 ...