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Has anyone found an automotive power supply for this radio??
If you want normal battery backup for this radio, I suggest the Panasonic battery charger kit sold @ Costco, about $17. It has a charger for 4 AA or 2 AAA bats and contains 2 AAA and 6 AA batteries, enough for 2 sets of backups. They take about 2-3 hours to charge.
There has been quite a bit of discussion about automotive power supplies on the Yahoo BCD396T group. You might want to go there and search on DC power.