SAT - Hardware questions

[Michel Lachance]

Dear list,

Here are some questions about SAT:

1.  Battery

I know that NiCad batteries do need a deep discharge in order to last
longer.  The automatic shut off on SAT's does not help things a lot as
the battery barely get to its ultimate low charge limit.  Here's my
question: Is there a critical point where using a discharged battery
would dammage the device, its good functionning or even affect the
stored tuning?

2.  Magnetic field

Is the proximity of some magnetic fields, like the magnetic pick up
being too close to the device, could affect the memory pages, the ROM
or anything else in the SAT?


3.  Shock trauma

How much "Solid State" is the SAT.  Could it get over dropping it on
the floor?  (Please, don't try it in order to answer the question)

Regards

Michel Lachance, RPT