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  2. SCR-536 - Wikipedia

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    The SCR-536 is often considered the first of modern hand-held, self-contained, "handie talkie" transceivers (two-way radios). It was developed in 1940 by a team led by Don Mitchell, chief engineer for Galvin Manufacturing (now Motorola Solutions) and was the first true hand-held unit to see widespread use. [1] By July 1941, it was in mass ...

  3. List of radios - Wikipedia

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    SCR-536 – a hand-held radio transceiver used by the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II, it is popularly referred to as a walkie talkie, although it was originally designated a "handie talkie". [16] Today, the SCR-536 is often restored and operated by vintage amateur radio enthusiasts and military radio collectors. [16]

  4. Walkie-talkie - Wikipedia

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    A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver, HT, or handheld radio, is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, Henryk Magnuski and engineering teams at Motorola. First used for infantry, similar ...

  5. SCR-300 - Wikipedia

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    Although a relatively large backpack-carried radio rather than a handheld model, the SCR-300 was described in War Department Technical Manual TM-11-242 as "primarily intended as a walkie-talkie for foot combat troops", and so the term "walkie-talkie" first came into use. [3] The final acceptance tests took place at Fort Knox, Kentucky in Spring ...

  6. Signal Corps Radio - Wikipedia

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    The term SCR was part of a nomenclature system developed for the U.S. Signal Corps, used at least as far back as World War I.Three-letter designators beginning with "SC" were used to denote complete systems, while one and two-letter designators (such as "BC", for basic component, "FT" for mounting, etc.) were used for components.

  7. File:Portable radio SCR536.png - Wikipedia

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  8. List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Vehicles specifically designed or adapted for the Signal Corps were initially designated by a "K" number. The K-number was later phased out along with the Signal Corps Radio nomenclature system, and was replaced by a "V" number under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS).

  9. Vintage amateur radio - Wikipedia

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    Some even sub-specialize in military radio collecting and undertake to restore and operate surplus communications equipment, much of it dating back to World War II, from AN/ARC-5 command sets and US Signal Corps SCR-300 and SCR-536 walkie talkies to exotic gear like the British Paraset, a small espionage transceiver supplied to Resistance ...