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.

thanks,
w.

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:04:05 +0200, Helmut Wabnig 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.

thanks,
w.

Handy Talky?

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.

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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.

--
Bert Hyman W0RSB St. Paul, MN

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

Dave Platt wrote:
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.

While Handy-Talky was probably the most used brand name that Galvin used,
Motorola was so popular that they renamed the company to it.

Geoff.
--
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On Jun 23, 5:04*pm, Helmut Wabnig hwabnig@ .- --- -. dotat 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.

thanks,
w.

My HT-90 manuals say, in the top right corner:

"HT-90" SERIES
"Handie-Talkie" Portable Radios

....Keith

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:04:05 +0200, Helmut Wabnig rearranged some
electrons to say:

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.

thanks,
w.

handheld transceiver