[Motorola] AM 1949 Equipment

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In the back pages of various issues of CQ and QST from about 1948-49, Motorola 
sold a transmitter for hams which was a reconditioned 30 MHz Deluxe Line FMT-
30D (as far as I can tell) and the ad states "AM or FM at the flick of a 
switch."  They were also selling P-69-13 Police Cruiser receivers (medium wave 
AM, crystal control) and a Gonset 10 Meter converter to feed the Police 
Cruiser.  Said to "Contact Harry Harrison, W9LLX," but I don't think he's 
still taking orders.

I have never seen ads or photos of the smaller ones which were just AM, unless 
we are talking about the T-69-20A which had a separate power supply in one 
cabinet and the transmitter in another, the cabinets were identical with two 
fixed carrying handles on top and a red "Motorola" logo button on the center 
top.  But the T-69-20A had no companion receiver of the same style, you had to 
use a Police Cruiser receiver with it along with a cumbersome antenna relay 
box (for VHF anyway.)

Geoff
WB6NVH