[Motorola] Speaking of Vintage Radios

Tom B [email protected]
Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:44:24 -0500


>Also, in the late 1940s, Motorola built a 10 meter
>mobile rig.  This was the old "coffin" design
>(receiver in one box and the transmitter in another)
>but the boxes were much smaller than the FMRU 16V
>(receiver) and FMTU 30D transmitter.  If I remember
>correctly, the units were available in either AM or FM
>with AM being the more common.  These were crystal
>controlled, both the transmitter and the receiver.

I have seen ads for those in old magazines.  It says that you could select
AM or FM with a switch.  I have never seen one of these radios.  Does
anyone out there have one?

Tom Bryan