Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.analog Subject: Re: re: Electronics wearing out Message-ID: <102500001@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 15:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.102500001 Posted: Thu Jun 27 15:18:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 08:16:14 EDT References: <692@abnji.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:abnji:-69200:hp-pcd:102500001:000:443 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Jun 27 11:18:00 1985 <<<<< I suspect that some of the problems with a radio "forgetting" what it is when the battery dies may be due to legal complications from selling the same radio in different countries. For example if Germany does not allow your receivers to operate above 26.1 Mhz then they may take dim view of a receiver that can be modified to cover that range by pulling out the battery and resetting the computer. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john