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--- In Motorola_Software_ Users@yahoogroup s.com, "drchrise"
<mainecs@... > wrote:
>
> I know this is a software group, but if any Motorola group knows\n
the
> answer to this question it will be this one.
>
> Back in the late 70's / early 80's I had just started working for
the
> EMS in San Francisco. Our supervisors used a kind of super-sized
> mobile radio in their cars. The radio was about the size of a car
> battery. It had an antenna that went up around 3 feet attached to
one
> side at the top. On the other side at the top was the mic with a
> clip. There was a handle across the top. Channel, squelch and
volume
> controls were under the handle. The antenna unscrewed for
mobility.
>
> These type of high-powered large mobile radios were in use until
about
> the mid-80's, when handheld units became widely available and
> affordable. Anyone know what series this radio was?
>
> Thanks...Chris
I am thinking the PT300, Steve McGarrett had one on Hawaii Five O
that he always used to use on\n the front of his car.
Mark
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