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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

1951 TV transmitter backpack

From Modern Mechanix:

This battery-operated RCA back-pack weighs 53 pounds, including batteries. Antennas for transmitting picture signals and receiving orders from a base station extend from top of pack. Range is about one mile. At rear of camera case is an electronic finder and a microphone for the narrator. From June, 1951 issue of Modern Mechanix.

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