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   On 12/4/25 09:43, Theo wrote:   
      
   > Do the AAs suffer when the temperature drops?     
      
   Yes (virtually all batteries do)   
      
   > I recall stories of arctic   
   > explorers having to keep camera/etc batteries close to their skin so they   
   > don't freeze and stop working.   
      
   When I was stationed in Alaska (Ft. Richardson, '72-'74), during Winter    
   we had to keep the batteries for our AN/PRC77 radios in a pouch    
   underneath our parkas, to prevent deteriorating voltage.   
      
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