Someone should go see if they can go diving and get it back. It may still 
work. lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: The Heavy Talkie


>I had one of those luggy talkies in the mid 870's.
> A friend of mine had the motorolla brick, ht-200.  He decided to find out
> what would kill the radio.
> First he droped it out of a small plane.  When they dug it out of the
> ground, the had to solder a crystal inside, and it worked again.
> Then he shot it with a 22.
> the bullet bounced off the case.
> I think the radio died one day when he was fishing, and plop, it is 
> resting
> at the bottom of a lake.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:42 PM
> Subject: The Heavy Talkie
>
>
>> Dave, what a great story.
>>
>> When I first got on 2 meters in 1974, probably the most popular rig
>> that was born on 2 meter FM rather than converted from commercial
>> service was the Regency HR2. By the time I got on, it was up to the
>> HR2B model, which held 12 pairs of crystals.
>>
>> One of the accessories that could be bought for the HR2 series was what
>> we call a Go Box today.  The ox contained a battery, a place to mount
>> the radio, a rubber duck antenna, and a shoulder strap. This
>> combination weighed in at somewhere around 10 pounds, maybe 12.
>>
>> After seeing that setup at our local hamfest, a friend went home, and
>> built a similar setup for his Genave 30 watt rig.
>>
>> And, speaking of Heavy Talkie, does anybody else here remember toting a
>> Motorola HT200, AKA brick bat?
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>
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