Handie-Talkie

References

Images

1943 advertisement for the Handie-Talkie

Handie-Talkie

communications

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Motorola, Inc.
Founding as Galvin Manufacturing
…Kentucky; the second was the Handie-Talkie, an AM-band, handheld device with a long antenna that ultimately was used by soldiers during World War II. Both AM-based systems were quickly superseded by FM technologies. The most notable replacement occurred in 1943, when Galvin Manufacturing invented the FM Walkie-Talkie. This device was…
Read More
…Kentucky; the second was the Handie-Talkie, an AM-band, handheld device with a long antenna that ultimately was used by soldiers during World War II. Both AM-based systems were quickly superseded by FM technologies. The most notable replacement occurred in 1943, when Galvin Manufacturing invented the FM Walkie-Talkie. This device was…
Read More