[Kenwood] TS950SDX Lithium Battery Replacement !

Mon Sep 18 07:49:16 EDT 2006

Hello to Everybody,
I saw some articles about TS850S Battery Replacement (got them on the HARD,
here), but nothing about 950SDX!
I think, I got the problem with empty battery here in my TS950SDX.
When I turn on the RIG, everything looks OK for about 2 seconds, then I get
telegraphy notification "UL" (? I don't know what it might be -- "U" is
normally for USB, "L" for LSB, but both "UL"....), and then lost numbers on
a display.
Display looks like " . . . . . . . kHz 0.00 kHz".
When I RESET RIG, it looks OK for a 2 seconds, and then the same story!
BTW, I have a both, The Instruction and The Service manual, but there is
nothing much
about Battery Replacement. Mentioning a Kenwood Service, but the nearest one
is too far away from here!
Rick, KN3C, wrote in his article:"... Just thought I'd pass along this info.
The memory batteries are about 9ドル.50 from Kenwood or Dantona a maker of
cordless phone and memory batteries available from most electronic
distributors
also has them for less. You have to remove the digital unit to replace the
battery. It's
no 5 minute job, but well worth the effort to avoid a bigger problem."
Nice article, but KN3C changed e-mail address, and I have to ask a few
questions this way!
Also found a nice article by Don Rasmussen, but related to TS850S. He
mentioned the WEB
of N6TR, and very nice article (with a pictures) there, but also for the
850S!
Is that mean (KN3C: "...a 5 minute job...") that I do not need to get off a
front panel to get out Digital Unit where a battery is placed?
Is it a bigger problem with 950SDX?
Do I need any Voltage to bring to battery's connection points while I'm
replacing a
battery?
Could anybody, please, give me some more info about that battery (V?,
size?...), just in a
case I can not find the original Kenwood battery!?
All suggestions are more than welcome!!!
Thanks in advance !
73, Goran, T98G (ex.4N4AE)
t98g at teol.net