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[gdavis316]

Does anyone have any idea what the name or model number of this unit was.  When i was with dnr in the late 80's we got a few emergency radios that looked like a big lunch box with a telephone handset, built in battery underneath, and the antenna mounted on one end....any clue what it was?  would love to have one in uhf.  

Glenn

[PastorGary]

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Motorola made quite a few in that general time period. When I was in uniform in the early 70's, those were standard issue for search and rescue operations and had fairly good range. The P-11 and P-13 shown below were two of the more popular models. The telephone handset was a factory option that disabled the internal speaker on top of the unit as the handset was lifted off the optional handset cradle:

 

http://www.wb6nvh.com/Moto42/Dispatcher%20Packsets.jpg

 

This is one of the first handset portables from 1949 - two watts and virtually useless:

 

http://www.wb6nvh.com/Moto42/FHTRU.jpg

 

http://www.wb6nvh.com/Moto42/FHTRU1V.jpg

 

And then there was the H-23.... a real nightmare to carry around all day:

 

http://www.wb6nvh.com/Moto42/H23AACX.jpg

[gdavis316]

Good old google.  I found the saber, astro saber x, ntn1313c, and other numbers, but no pics or units fo sale.

[gdavis316]

thanks pastor Gary, now to find the one for the saber models......my favorite w/t's

[PastorGary]

In our department, the older radios still in use in the 70's were not referred to as "Walkie Talkies" - due to the weight of the batteries, they were spoken of as "Crawlie Grunties"

 

[unit997]

Just amazing! Thanks for sharing it with us.