[Milsurplus] wwII walkey talteys (sic)

Bob Wilder [email protected]
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:10:01 -0600 

This has been a good thread...I have posed this question to the "Gunny" on
the History Channel program "Mailcall" to see what their historians can come
up with.



At 03:11 AM 3/25/2003 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

>The term Walkie-Talkie (Army spelling) is most commonly asociated with the 
>SCR-300 equipmemt.   However, the name originated in the late 1930s with the 
>SCR-194 and 195, and seems to have dropped out of common   use by the time 
>the PRC-8, 9 and 10 series of back-pack sets came on the scene.
>
>The term Handie-Talkie applied to the BC-611.   I have also seen the name   
>used in referring to the later PRC-6 but the term also seems to have gone out 
>of common use about the same time.
>
>
>Dennis D.   W7QHO
>Glendale, CA
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