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Walkie-Talkie

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A walkie-talkie, more formally called a handheld transceiver or handheld radio, is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been credited variously to Donald Hings, the radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and to Henryk Magnuski along with engineering teams at Motorola, and it was first used by infantry before similar designs were adapted for field artillery and tank units. After the war, walkie-talkies spread into public safety work and eventually into commercial and jobsite use. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1937 1
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Invented By

Al Gross, Engineers
Source Walkie-talkie (Wikipedia)
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1. Walkie-talkie (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver or handheld radio, is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver.
  • Infobox: inception
    1937
  • Invented By: Donald Hings, Introduction
    Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and to Henryk Magnuski and engineering teams at Motorola.
  • Invented By: Al Gross, Introduction
    Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and to Henryk Magnuski and engineering teams at Motorola.
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