"E.F." wrote in message
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Hello All,

I just bought my aging father a BC246T so that he would be able to listen
to the city around him. I bought it for him for Christmas. My concern is
that I want to send it to him with remarks of "Don't open till Christmas"
because I am in the Navy and am scheduled to Deploy in 2 weeks. Now, I
just spent about 6 hours programming the scanner for Wichita KS. If the
batteries happen to die while in the box waiting, will the systems and
groups be deleted?? I say this because my POS Palm Pilot will delete all
saved material if the battery dies.

Thanks in advance

Eric F.


I doubt it, but just to be sure it works when he gets it just pop a couple
Throw away alkaline batteries in it. Just make sure you put the switch to
the right position, and let him know to read up on using the rechargeables
that come with it for after the throw away's die.
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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
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