hcarter333
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1 year ago The issue was solved! The info in the previously mentined article mentioned that on some batteries there is a lead that has to be shorted to ground before the battery would output power. Reasoning that the battery charger might short that lead, I checked for shorts betwen ground, the far right blade below and other leads. The charger shorts ground (defined as pin one here) and the fourt blade counting from left to right.
The battery was shorted in the same way using a jumper and began providing 12.22 volts between the two outermost blades.
Radio power was switched over to the battery and it functions well!
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/363004/212500877-5c7c3bf0-c95a-4a6a-bc4d-d132561dc311.mp4
Determine how to use the battery to power the radio at least in the home station. Use the following info:
https://www.electroschematics.com/laptop-battery-secrets-part-1/