Can you not raid one from something else. I'm assuming a pp3 is the battery.
Lots of el chepo radios use those still.
Brian

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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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ARW wrote:

You need a battery.

Oh, I accept that - I just hoped the unit would be (silently) operational
overnight without one.

Many thanks for the explanation.