FYI. Battery life

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VK3KYY
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FYI. Battery life

Post by VK3KYY » Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:04 pm

FYI

I measured the current consumed by the UV380 when in its power saving phase as part of the Eco modes, and the current consumed was 33mA.

Under the same conditions, the GD-77 only consumes 19mA.

So the battery life of the UV380 / RT-3S will probably be about 30% worse than the GD-77

It may be possible to reduce the current consumption of the UV380 / RT-3S slighly by configuring the display controller into its power saving mode, as I think the display controller takes 6mA, howerver there are many other more important things that need to be fixed on the UV380/RT-3S

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