Walkie-talkie
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A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver or handheld radio, is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously cr
Recreational, toy and amateur radio walkie-talkies
Assorted two-way Family Radio Service (FRS) and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) walkie talkies with hand mic
Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea, July 1944. A US soldier (foreground) uses a Handie-Talkie during the Battle of Noemfoor.
A modern Project 25 capable professional walkie-talkie
SCR-300
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The SCR-300, designated AN/VRC-3 under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, was a portable frequency modulated radio transceiver used by US Signal Corps in World War II. This backpack-mounte
Walkie-talkie
…inventing it. The first device to be widely nicknamed a "walkie-talkie" was developed by the US military during World War II, the backpacked Motorola SCR-300. It was created by an engineering team in 1940 at the Galvin Manufacturing Company (forerunner of Motorola). The team consisted of Marion Bond, Lloyd…
Motorola SCR-300 circa 1940