Ha!  You guys are such pessimists/realists. It may happen. I do have an auxiliary hookup and can hook it to the aux battery and it does have the detachable plate. It seems that the other suggestion, grabbing power off of the key buzzer would have the same potential issue if I leave the key in when camped. No perfect answer.  

Sent from my iPhone and consequently not responsible for typhos. 

On Dec 28, 2011, at 11:10 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:

> Only the dead battery that comes from turning the volume down and not
> actually shutting it off.
> 
> BTDT.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Dec 28, 2011 7:47 PM, "Art" <awa0330@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Isn't this simpler, except for the obvious downside, which is
>> that I'll need to remember to actually turn on and off the radio by
>> depressing the on/off button? Am I missing something?