[Milsurplus] Oh my....and I thought I had seen every mod known.

[Revcom]

They were invented, at least licensed, by Motorola in the early '30s. 
Galvin Mfg came up with name Motorola as a combined name of 'Motor" and 
"Victrola", for their motor vehicle radios.  RCA (Hazeltine licensing) had 
claim to Victrola, so they "borrowed" part of it as RCA was a very widely 
accepted trademark.

Rod
K0EQH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB6BLV (DM06)" <wb6blv at inreach.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Oh my....and I thought I had seen every mod known.


> the 'car antenna jacks' are perhaps best known as 'Motorola connectors' 
> ...
> does anybody on the list know why?  I can only suspect their use on all
> those Motorola car radios that held the lion's share of production in the
> 30s and 40s    ???
>
> John
> WB6BLV
>
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