Re: [IRCA] An easier way to switch out 9-volt batteries??

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that those connecters are a pain. If you have a non-metallic tuning rod used for tuning RF circuits where a metallic blade would cause problems, try using that instead of a screwdriver to pry it off.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Sun, 3/3/13, Dave Hewitt <daveh200@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Dave Hewitt <daveh200@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] An easier way to switch out 9-volt batteries??
> To: "Rick Dau" <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 5:00 PM
> I don't let my 9V battery snap into
> the connector on the QX. I just snap it into the plastic
> frame and it is held tightly against the battery terminals.
> Works fine. There is minimal current flow. 
> 
> First time I used it, I snapped the battery fully into the
> connector. Nearly broke it trying to get it out. 
> 
> Dave N3BXY 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Dau" <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To: ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> am@xxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 3:53:27 PM 
> Subject: [IRCA] An easier way to switch out 9-volt
> batteries?? 
> 
> 
> Well, I've gone and done it again. For the second time in
> recent months, while changing the 9-volt battery that powers
> my Quantum QX Pro loop antenna, I've managed to break the
> clasp (the one that snaps onto the top of a 9-volt battery)
> apart from the negative wire that goes into the back of the
> base. And this time, I managed to break off the positive
> wire, as well. What I've been doing when switching out
> 9-volts is to take my index finger and thumb and pull the
> clasp off the battery. Should I be using a flathead
> screwdriver, or something else, to pry it off? Somehow, I'm
> using too much force, but I can't think of any other way. 
> 
> 73, 
> a frustrated Rick Dau 
> South Omaha, Nebraska 
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