WHERE THE HELL IS THE BACKUP BATTERY IN THE 2950??!!!

[TonyV225]

Where the heck is this 3 volt battery located?? I have this mirage 2950EX stripped down and dont see on the board where the hell it is :roll: :?: :!:

 

[lords]

some used a cap for storing

 

[Carl]

its on the back of the display circuit board. under the micro beeper speaker. its black and about the size of a nickle.

the 2nd generation 2950's (orange) used static ram instead of a battery, if you cant find one that prob why.

 

[TonyV225]

Carl I think your right this is a mirage 2950EX and theres no gap what so ever to even get a batery in between the 2 circuit boards on the display I looked with a penlight and see no round battery and under the beeper speaker thers just a black pad or cushion. here I bought 2 new batteries but now I can just replace my HF rig batterys so it wasnt a total waste

 

[Butcher318]

The Mirage 2950 EX was the last model to be made and it has no battery. They used a Cap.

 

[TonyV225]

LMAO you should have seen me looking through that radio now that was some funny $h!+

 

[lords]

LMAO you should have seen me looking through that radio now that was some funny $h!+

Doc TonyV225, ready to operate scrubs up..grabs some nurses but can't find the bad part...wow....lol stay tuned for next week
when the battery goes back

 

[TonyV225]

that was crazy Im like well I know theres one here!! WHERE IS IT???!!!! Wow now that was classic right there.

 

[bob85]

lol@tony,
this post caught my eye because i had iron in hand changing the batt backup in an old 2950 while reading,
i rebuilt the 2950 from a scrapper/parts radio and swapped it to a local for a broken icom ic703,
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/ukmudduck/restoring a 2950/?action=view&current=P1010198.jpg
took a gamble because the components in the 703 are as tiny as a vx7r, i have repaired the icom now and hes happy with the 2950, it was my lucky day i guess, what a deal very happy

 

[TonyV225]

well Bobber this was a learning experience for me