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Old June 24th 10, 01:58 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John Passaneau John Passaneau is offline
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Default HT radio
On 6/23/2010 6:52 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
In (Dave Platt)
wrote:

What does HT mean in "HT radio"

What do the 2 letters stand for?

Obviously the expression describes hand held radios,
but I cannot find an explanation.

"Handie-Talkie" (or variations on the spelling thereof).

This was originally a brand-name term for the Galvin (think
"Motorola") SCR536 portable radio, introduced in 1940. The
abbreviation "HT" has since been co-opted by hams (and perhaps others)
to refer to almost any hand-held portable UHF/VHF radio.

Motorola offered commercial handheld radios with model numbers of
"HT200" and "HT220" (and certainly others) that were easily modified for
operation in the 2 meter and 450MHz ham bands and were quite popular in
the early 1970s.


Also, CB's used walkie talkies, and Hams used handy talkies.

Or at least that's the way it was explained to me.



John W3JXP
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