Well said, Howard. If and when necessary, I want to be able to go down to Batteries Plus and get what I need. That is far more convenient and usually far more cost effective. Additionally, I have never seen a battery contact break in anything other than an inexpensive toy. Don Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:35 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Ordinary Batteries? With the availability of high amperage rechargable batteries and chargers, I'd vote to avoid the batery pack idea, unless the USB voltage can be used to charge the batteries. __________ NOD32 1988 (20070118) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com