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    / Founding as Galvin Manufacturing

    …Galvin Manufacturing invented the FM Walkie-Talkie. This device was carried by battlefield soldiers in special backpacks and could communicate over longer distances and with far less static interference than its AM-based predecessor. The two-way radio saw action on all fronts during the war and is credited as being a decisive…

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    …Galvin Manufacturing invented the FM Walkie-Talkie. This device was carried by battlefield soldiers in special backpacks and could communicate over longer distances and with far less static interference than its AM-based predecessor. The two-way radio saw action on all fronts during the war and is credited as being a decisive…

    Read More