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CLASSIC RADIO THE REGENCY HR 2 TRANSCEIVER TWO METER FM GREW RAPIDLY AFTER
REGENCY INTRODUCED THEIR LOW COST BUT WELL PERFORMING HR 2 SOLID STATE 2
METER FM TRANSCEIVER SEE FIGURES 1 AND 2.  REGENCY WAS THE MARKETPLACE NAME
FOR THE RETAIL SALES DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING
ASSOCIATES IDEA LOCATED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.  REGENCY BACKGROUND IDEA
CREATED THE FIRST TRANSISTOR RADIO IN 1954, THE REGENCY MODEL TR 1.
REGENCY MADE THE FIRST SOLID STATE AMATEUR RADIO PRODUCT THE ATC 1
SHORTWAVE CONVERTER WITH A BUILT IN BFO AND Q MULTIPLIER CIRCUIT THAT WAS
USUALLY USED WITH AN AUTOMOBILE RADIO IN MOBILE SERVICE.  IN 1956, MOST
AMATEUR RADIO PHONE COMMUNICATION WAS ON THE AM MODE, WHICH COULD BE
RECEIVED USING THE CONVERTER WITH AN AUTOMOBILE RADIO.  REGENCY MADE PUBLIC
SERVICE SCANNER RADIOS THAT COVERED THE VHF LOW BAND FROM 30 TO 50 MHZ, THE
HIGH BAND FROM 152 TO 174 MHZ, AND THE UHF BAND FROM 450 TO 470 MHZ.  THE
HR 2 WAS IN THE SAME SIZE CABINET AS THE ORIGINAL SCANNER RADIO RECEIVERS.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE SCANNER RADIOS WERE VERY POPULAR ON THEIR OWN.  THE
REGENCY HR 2 REGENCY ANNOUNCED THE HR 2, A 2 METER FM TRANSCEIVER, IN 1970
FOR 229.  IT BECAME WILDLY POPULAR BY 1971.  IT OPERATED WITH A 13R8 V
NEGATIVE GROUND POWER SOURCE SUPPLYING 3 A DURING TRANSMISSIONS, WHICH WAS
PERFECT FOR MOBILE OPERATION AND PRACTICAL FOR PORTABLE FIELD USE.  IT WAS
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