It reminds me of the story about the chaps playing golf.
One asked the other why he only had one ball with him, to which he responded
that it was a ball which couldn't be lost.
If it went into a lake, it would float, if it went into the rough it would
beep, if it was getting dusk it would flash.

The chap expressed his amazement and couldn't resist asking where he got it
from.

The answer ...


"I found it!"

73

David W Wood 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:55 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: The Heavy Talkie

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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