If you have the battery charger / RTC, it would reduce the current drain by a tiny amount (think uA). But .. it is likely that battery self-discharge is taking more charge from the batteries than the RTC.

73,

matt W6NIA


On 11/22/2016 5:44 PM, Doug Millar via Elecraft wrote:
Taking the batteries in and out  of the radio between portable operations is a 
pain. Can I take out just one in the string? That would eliminate any current 
drain. Are there other considerations?  Doug K6JEY
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