Hi
I'll first give some context. If you're only interested in the technical electronics, skip to the next post.
I was near the top of the 3rd pitch of a rock climb, around 50 or 60m up a cliff face, when I dropped my handheld radio (Alinco DJ-MD5EGP) and watched as it hit the rocks at the bottom.
It took me a while to finish the climb, wait for my buddy to come up behind me and walk down to look for the pieces. By this time another climber had picked them up, and I was told he had headed back to the camp.
That evening, I found him and finally got to see the state of the radio. I was VERY surprised how little damage there was. The antenna was very damaged, and the battery was in pieces, but the radio itself looked OK. just a crack in the case that I was able to weld up. Not even the screen was damaged!
When the guy gave me the pieces, he said to be careful, the battery was dangerous. He had tried to put the battery back together, and something went Pfft!
I have subsequently tested the radio with another power source & it works 100%
though I guess the waterproof rating has been compromised.
So in the end, it seems the only actual damage was caused by the moron who decided to pick up the pieces & "fix" it