[cctalk] Re: Replacing NiCd with NiMH in a pro way.

I just read the battery chapter of the ARRL Amateur Radio Handboo, which discusses this particular point at some length. Among many other points it says (a) you can trickle charge a NiCd but not a NiMH, and (b) NiMH requires a more complex charging algorithm than NiCd, so that NiMH chargers are also capable of charging NiCd batteries safely, but NiCd chargers cannot charge NiMH cells without the risk of damage. I suspect NiMH charger circuits can be found. Buying $3 Chinese ones may work, or not; I keep remembering that China disallows selling unsafe equipment within the country but doesn't have any rules against exporting such things.