Motorola Handi-com ??

[westcoaster]

I have a pair of Motorola Handi-Com radio's and am looking for information as to exactly what I have here and whether they are still valid for use (in Canada or US)

Model: P24SHZ20F2AA
FCC ID: ABZ99FT4051
TANAPA: HUE3251A
DOC/MDC: 1092121007P

7.5vdc
94/06/21

What I think I have is a UHF radio who's channel selection is changed via dipswitch settings under the battery pack. I got this far by googling the FCC ID. Nothing really seems to show up with the model number.
I think there is a way of translating the model number for frequency and power output etc but nothing really seems to line up for me using that method.

Thanks,

 

[fineshot1]

If that is the model I think it is then it is an old crystal controlled model.

I think it was referred to as an MH-10 Handi-Com. That FCC ID number
data points to a 462-470Mhz model which last dated document with the
FCC was filed in 1993.

If you can post a pic it would be easier to identify but i think i got it right.

 

[petnrdx]

The Handie-Com is a crystal controlled radio.
The dip switch board under the battery is only for PL ( and maybe DLP ) changes.
I am about 99 per cent sure they were not narrow band capable.
So, pretty sure only the Vhf-Low will be useful after Jan 2013.

 

[70cutlass442]

I remember these. I beleive they were on the GMRS or UHF business bands. Do you have a channel selector on top or only through dip switched in the radio?

 

[talkpair]

The Handie Com radios I remember were a mid 1970's low-end radio.

The volume, squelch and channel knobs were on the front of the radio next to the speaker

The P24 prefix in the model number tells me it's a UHF radio.

 

[W2NJS]

The Handi-Com, in at least some versions, was a serious radio. It was used by the Connecticut State Police in the mid-1970s as an out-of-car portable, first on 45.02 and later when they changed to 42.52 as their dispatch frequencies. Our resident trooper in Roxbury carried one, complete with the monstrous lowband rubber antenna it required. Due to the two front knobs the unit looked more like a cheap transistor radio than a two-way.

 

[westcoaster]

Thanks for the replies,

These are what I would consider to be the "inexpensive" version. All plastic (thin plastic case with a circuit board on the inside) takes 6 AA batteries although I would suspect that was an option. There is no channel change knob. Only user controls is the combo on/off volume knob. with a tiny LED to indicate when you are transmitting.

Under the battery tray is a 4 position dipswitch bank on the circuit board.

I'll see if I can get a pic a little later and post up.
These almost look like the forerunner to the FRS radios we have today but with much larger antenna...

 

[westcoaster]

Sorry for the delay but finally got the pics uploaded.

Someone tell me what I have here and what can be done with these?

Programmable? (dip switch or otherwise)
Still usable or garbage?

 

[KG4INW]

Have you looked at Bat Labs? This might help: Motorola Spirit, Sport, SP10

 

[b7spectra]

If the antenna is original, you have UHF.

 

[fineshot1]

This is what i thought westcoaster was talking about.

They both have "Handi-com" as the name but this is the one
that i remember from many years ago.


http://forums.radioreference.com/old-classifieds-archives/122870-motorola-mh-10-radio.html

 

[westcoaster]

Have you looked at Bat Labs? This might help: Motorola Spirit, Sport, SP10

Thanks!
origional antennas so am sure they are UHF...

Looks like three frequencies overlap into the GMRS range. 462.575, 462.625, and 462.675

I am going to do a bit more digging but anyone know what the output wattage these radios would have had?