Basic Principles of Using a Walkie Talkie
A walkie talkie, also known as a hand-held radio transceiver, is a two-way, handheld radio transmitter. It operates by picking up signals from a fixed base station and then passing them on to a receiving station. Its development during the Second World War was widely credited to American radio engineers, namely John D. Johnson, Harry W. Coughlin and others at Motorola. It was designed for use by military and civilian personnel to communication tasks such as locating an artillery piece or aerial craft, locating downed airmen, monitoring enemy activity or finding survivors of a crash. Some sources indicate that the first walkie talkie to be used in this manner was the radio sets used by Royal Air Force Pilots in the war. A walkie talkie can be described as a radio that can receive and tran...