[Motorola] Luggie Talkie

[Glen Zook]

The "AAC" radios generally did not have PL available
(but some did).  However, the BAC versions definitely
came from the factory with PL.  Those units used the
small, rectangular reed that was about 1.5 inches
long, 3/4 inch wide, and about 1/2 inch thick.

Remember that the same radio was "repackaged" as the
original "Dispatcher" and used quite often on
motorcycles.

If you wanted a portable radio that required a "little
red wagon" to haul it you would have the 5 watt
version with the "D" cell battery pack.  If I remember
correctly the battery pack held 48 "D" cells.  We got
a few of those as "trade-ins" when I owned the
Motorola reconditioned equipment center for the
south-central United States.  Of course they were not
reconditioned by that time.  However, all of the
trade-ins had to be returned to us and were either
scrapped or sold to amateur radio operators.

Glen, K9STH


--- dick jones <jonesrwj38 at hotmail.com> wrote:

Richard I agree that ICM would be the way to go. I
have brought many of these radios down to the ham
bands over the years and they generally do quite well.
The BAC nomenclature tells me that you have an all
transistor receiver and tube and transistor
transmitter. You should be able to get near 2 watts
out. If you find you need tubes I think I still have
them for the transmitter & willing to let them go very
cheap. With the AC supply it will make a great radio.
If the repeater needs CTCSS to access then you have to
find a way to ad am encoder. I do not ever remember
seeing PL in any of those series radios.









Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


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