Carfone 50 MI-31739-C base station remote control unit CC-8A3

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1958 ?
  • Category
  • Commercial Transmitter & Receiver (TRX not Amateur)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 232477
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Carfone 50 MI-31739-C base station remote control unit [CC-8A3] - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Notes

  • The RCA Carfone 50 is a VHF transceiver system, 30-50 MHz band, crystal controlled with 1 or 2 channels.  Mobile units for vehicles powered off 12 volt battery with dynamotor for generating B+ for transmitter.  Mobile units had trunk mount main unit plus small control head inside vehicle. Base station powered off115 VAC, with larger main unit and smaller "remote" control unit.  Speakers were separate units for both mobile and base units.

    Specific model numbers given are for base station remote control unit only (see photos).

    The similar Carfone 150 system operated in the 148-174 MHz VHF band.

  • Author
  • Model page created by Thomas Albrecht. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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