RE: When do you know its time to buy a new radio?
True, the 9C draws about 280mA with the standard module, but with the TM-8 module it pulls about 60mA less0 (according to my Fluke meter). My 9C is sitting on the bench right now to cylce the 1100mAh nicads I use, at 4:45 elapsed time, the meter is still at 9.7V, it seems the 2.4Ghz module does not run the battery down as FASST[8D]. With the standard module 3 3/4 hours was about it.
Pete