At 07:28 AM 11/30/03 -0800, you wrote: >In the context of the difference between the Mastr II and Mastr Exec........ > >Virden Clark Beckman wrote: > > > The executive line does not have the dual squelch stuff that was the > big thing in 72 when that idea debuted... > > > >You mean when the GE engineers dissected the Micor to help build the >Mastr II? > >Motorola debuted the dual squelch in the late 60's..... > >BTW: No one needs to flame me on the first comment. I have recently >been introduced to two top engineers that worked for GE's Two-Way radio >division when the Mastr II was developed. Both fully admitted that the >Micor was used to help design the Mastr II. If you doubt this, I'm >sorry, but all you need to do is look at the facts: > >5 LARGE Helical resonators. >11 Meg I-F >Dual Squelch >Elementized Channel Oscillators >Power sensing RF protection >Numerous other things mechanical, electrical, and physical, but it's too >early to remember them all.... > > >Kevin Custer
And the chief designer of the M2 was hired away by RCA. A while later a new RCA mobile came out (the name escapes me). The designer admitted that it could have been named the Mastr-3 as it was "a Mastr II with all the bugs fixed". This was long before the actual GE M3 came out. Stop by your regional library some time and look in the periodical index for the Fortune magazine article abut the rush project the RCA mobile radio division had to get the new radio out the door. I whish I had kept that copy when my dad was a subscriber. Mike WA6ILQ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
