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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Smitty Two wrote:
To those who suggested battery issues, agree that I'm pushing lifespan
but they seem to be charging up fully and giving me good battery charge
life still. FWIW, they're Ni-MH.

Thought you said two of the handsets no longer worked reliably - so how
can you be sure the battery life is normal?

Good point. Truth is I really wasn't keeping track of which handsets
worked and which ones didn't, just had to try more than one and
sometimes more than two handsets before getting one to work. Never kept
track of whether it was always the same handset(s) giving trouble. But
charge indicators on each handset show discharging and charging is going
on, and when the handsets did work, they worked well and appeared to
keep a charge for several days.

Consensus is clearly the base antenna issue, which surprises me, but for
now all of the handsets work. I actually took a closer look at the base
and found that it has *two* identical antennas, one on each side, so I
gave the second one a twist, two. It was hiding under something and I
had forgotten about it.