[GreenKeys] Mystery Coils

Fri Mar 27 12:08:25 EDT 2020

Hi Scott, Thanks for providing more accurate information about the 
Motorola history.

So the Gavin name was likely on the BC-611 rather than the Motorola 
trade mark or am I remembering wrong.

(I still have some Motorola stuff in the garage - UHF Micor, Nice 
cabinet that used to have a paging system in it etc.)

John, W9DDD

On 3/27/2020 10:57 AM, Scott Johnson wrote:
> Motorola was a tradename of the Galvin Manufacturing Corp., a portmandeau of
> Motor + Radiola, conveying sound in motion, since their major product
> through the thirties was automobile radio.  The BC-611 was indeed a Motorola
> Product, as was the BC-1000/SCR300 FM "Walkie Talkie" (the BC-611 was the
> Handie-Talkie)
> I worked for Motorola for nearly 25 years, to the bitter end in Arizona, and
> I still maintain it was the best experience of my life.  In the Corporate
> Labs in Tempe, AZ, we has little inset displays of various historical
> products, and my BC-611 and SCR-300 graced one of the display cases for
> years.  Sadly, Motorola is really no more, just a brand owned by Lenovo, and
> Motorola solutions, which has an ever shrinking two way market.
> 
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> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Mystery Coils
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I think I've found it after trying to check who made the BC-611.  Gavin made
> it (My recollection having used one as a teenager). Galvin became Motorola,
> which why I made the part number connection earlier.
> 
> Here's picture of several of the coils in BX-49.
> http://www.prc68.com/I/Images/BX49Xb.jpg
> 
> The BX-49 carried 12 sets of coils and crystals.
> 
> John, W9DDD
> 
> On 3/27/2020 8:19 AM, John, W9DDD wrote:
>> BC-611 was the walkie talkie of WWII?  If so this starts to make sense.
>> I kept thinking those look like Motorola part numbers.  Turns out 24
>> is the prefix of inductor part numbers in the Motorola numbering scheme.
>>
>> John, W9DDD
>>
>> On 3/27/2020 7:45 AM, W2HX wrote:
>>> Could these be the coils for a BC-611?
>>>
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>>>
>>> Does anyone recognize these?  About 2 inches long including the 3
>>> pins on the bottoms, about .75 inch outside diameter. Built in coil
>>> forms embossed 32A28963 on the bottom.Both have labels on the top.
>>>
>>> One says ANTENNA 3525 KC 24K47591.
>>>
>>> One says ANTENNA 3825 KC 24K35994.
>>>
>>> I'm attaching pictures but I know some of the groups don't pass
>>> pictures through, so if you think you might want to see them but
>>> didn't get them via a group, email me & I'll send.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> WB4OGM
>>>
>>>
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