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The Lightest Walkie-Talkie

Midget parts, including the two miniature tubes above, keep this new civilian walkie-talkie to a fourth the size of wartime military outfits. The "transceiver," with folding antenna, weighs only 11 ounces; a headphone and batteries, carried in a separate case, less than 2 lb. The set is made by Citizens Radio Corp., of Cleveland.

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What year was this??

This is from April 1949. April fool!



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