I hate having to charge radio batteries. So I figured I would try this little transformer, potentiometer, regulator, whatever it is..... It has a little pot on the back to adjust to the output voltage you want. So after I hook it up to the isolation transformer I already have on the dominator, I will adjust it to 7.2 volts. It is lighter and cheaper than a radio battery. It was $12.41 including shipping. I will use one of the icom AA battery adapters and wire it to that. Hopefully I will have clean, noise free power, if not I guess I get to charge radio batteries.

I did have my Icom24 on a battery adapter taking the 12V directly from the battery.
Never head any interference. Then the battery blew up and took the radio out
So I just went ahead bought another radio Icom6 and kept the battery on the charger.
I am interested to hear how this works out for you Scott.
Thanks for posting it.

I personally would like to see you keep the batteries as a 'damper' so to speak and also if the charging system fails, you can still use the radio for a while.

I would have the radio on charge from the gyro constantly so the batteries aren't responsible for all power to the radio

I just think that it would be easier on the radio if the battery can absorb any spikes in voltage, or make up for any negative spikes....

I have one of those voltage reducers.... mine has a switch so you can set it on 7.5v, 9v or 12v

Well in the old days we had a series of capacitors cleaning out the interference if any....

yup, that is good too, I just like the idea of a battery in the radio if it has one, so if you have to do an outlanding and cant start the engine or the machines elecrtics are phucked.... you can still use the radio for a while

to each, their own



oh, and btw....

It is a great way to backup the handheld in case like mine when the battery blew up...