My friend Alex Magoun, Outreach Historian for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a good guy who I have trusted with family heirlooms when he was curator of the Sarnoff Museum. He asked me to help with his quest:
"The IEEE History Center in Piscataway, NJ, preserves
and promotes the history of electric, electronic, and computer
technologies for the world's largest technology professional
organization. For a travelling exhibit on radio circuit pioneer Edwin
Howard Armstrong, it would like to borrow one of the 50,000 SCR-300 FM
transceivers, the original "walkie-talkie," made during World War II.
The set should be externally intact, with handset and antenna; it does
not need to be in working order, include the harness gear, or contain
the BA-70/80 battery, although one or the case of one could be displayed
alongside it.
The center expects the exhibit
to tour in 2024-2025. Interested lenders will be credited by name or
anonymously as desired. If you can help, please contact outreach
historian Alex Magoun at the center,
a.b.magoun@ieee.org. Thanks! "
Please contact Alex if you can help or would like more information.
Thanks, Rob K2WI