eco-drive its citizen's trade name for their solar technology. it charges itself.
charging with movement, thats knows as a "self winding watch." it uses a weight on a bearing in the watch that winds the movement.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/clocks-watches/question285.htm
if you...
for cheaper watches, that are still good quality in my opinion,
check out citizen eco drive, and the seiko watches. seiko even has a mechanical divers thats nicer.
I have a cheap casio that vibrates instead of beeps:
http://www.amazon.com/Casio-W735H-1AVCF-Super-Illuminator-Watch/dp/B00BS8U88W/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1457622803&sr=1-1&nodeID=7141123011&keywords=casio+vibration
with a suunto clip compass on it...
For the folks that still want this, and there are a bunch that still PM me for it:
PM me, let me know you want it, and include your email address
I'll send you the chirp file
I have been told by some that you need to use as follow:
Open chirp
Import the data from your radio
Open up the...
connect a 5v+ to the mobo on switch input, and if you are running a big radio, you have to take it apart and solder off the little wires for some bigger ones. Thats the part that sucks.
I use small radios and 12v stuff on it, like my LED bench lighting, CB radio, scanner, weather radio, etc so I...
They're like $30, the test is like 30 minutes after you read study guides and practice tests for a few days.
It's no big deal. But it is a handy thing to have.