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<span style="font-size: 17.41px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: rgb(113, 95, 250);">NEWSM Radio Enthusiasts & Steamers (not the clams)</span><br><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv9295109772"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px;" class="yiv9295109772p2"><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9295109772p1"><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1">A friend of mine who is a fellow old car enthusiast sent this to me.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9295109772p1"><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1">I thought you might appreciate it.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px;" class="yiv9295109772p2"><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;" class="yiv9295109772p1"><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1">Ken Carr</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17.4px;line-height:normal;min-height:20.8px;" class="yiv9295109772p2"><br><span style="font-size:17.41px;" class="yiv9295109772s1"></span></p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS"><br></a><blockquote class="yiv9295109772iosymail"><div id="yiv9295109772"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="yiv9295109772default-style"><div><div class="yiv9295109772"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv9295109772"><div class="yiv9295109772gmail_quote">
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<td valign="top" width="449" style="width:336.75pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;" class="yiv9295109772"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">HISTORY OF</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">THE CAR RADIO</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Seems like cars have always had radios,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">but they didn't.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">Here's the story:</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">One evening, in 1929,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">two young men named</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">William Lear and Elmer Wavering</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">It was a romantic night to be sure,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">but one of the women observed that</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car.</strong> </span></p>
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<p class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Lear and Wavering liked the idea. Both men had tinkered with radios (Lear served as a radio operator in</span></strong></p>
</div><p class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the U.S. Navy during World War I)</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">and it wasn't long before they were</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">taking apart a home radio and</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">trying to get it to work in a car.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">But it wasn't easy: automobiles have ignition switches, generators, spark plugs, and other electrical</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">equipment that generate noisy static interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was running.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of electrical interference. When they finally got their radio to work, they took it to a radio convention</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">in Chicago.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">There they met Paul Galvin, owner of </strong></span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin Manufacturing Corporation.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">He made a product called a</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">"battery eliminator", a device that allowed battery-powered radios to</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">run on household AC current.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered radios.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin needed a new product to manufacture. When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">he found it. He believed that </span></strong><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">mass-produced, affordable car</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">radios had the potential to become</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">a huge business.</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin's factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his Studebaker.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Then Galvin went to a local banker</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">to apply for a loan. Thinking it</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">might sweeten the deal,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">he had his men install a radio in</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the banker's Packard.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Good idea, but it didn't work</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">�</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Half an hour after the installation,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the banker's Packard caught on fire. (They didn't get the loan.)</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin didn't give up.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">He drove his Studebaker nearly</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">800 miles to Atlantic City to show</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">off the radio at the</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">1930 Radio Manufacturers</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Association convention.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and cranked up the radio so that</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">passing conventioneers could hear it.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">That idea worked -- He got enough orders to put the radio into production.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772"><u class="yiv9295109772">WHAT'S IN A NAME</u></strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">That first production model was</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">called the 5T71.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier.</strong> </span> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">In those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix "ola" for their names -</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772"><em class="yiv9295109772">Radiola, Columbiola, and Victrola</em></strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">were three of the biggest.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin decided to do the same thing, and since his radio was intended for use in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the <em class="yiv9295109772"><u class="yiv9295109772">Motorola</u>.</em></strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">But even with the name change,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the radio still had problems:</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">(By that measure, a radio for a new car would cost about $3,000 today.)</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1930, it took two men several days</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">to put in a car radio --</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">The dashboard had to be taken</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">apart so that the receiver and a</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">single speaker could be installed,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">and the ceiling had to be cut open</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">to install the antenna.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">These early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery,</strong> </span> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to accommodate them.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions. Selling complicated car</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">radios that cost 20 percent of the</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">price of a brand-new car wouldn't</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">have been easy in the best of</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">times, let alone during the Great Depression</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">�</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that. But things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorola's pre-installed at the factory.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1934 they got another boost when</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">Galvin struck a deal with</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">B.F. Goodrich tire company</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">to sell and install them in its chain</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">of tire stores.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">By then the price of the radio, with installation included, had dropped to $55. The Motorola car radio was off and running.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">(The name of the company would be officially changed from</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Galvin Manufacturing to</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">"Motorola" in 1947.)</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In the meantime, Galvin continued to develop new uses for car radios.</strong> </span> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">In 1936, the same year that it introduced push-button tuning,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">it also introduced the Motorola Police Cruiser, a standard car radio that was factory preset to a single frequency to pick up police broadcasts.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1940 he developed the first</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">handheld two-way radio</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">-- The Handy-Talkie</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">�</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">for the U. S. Army.</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">A lot of the communications</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">technologies that we take for granted today were born in Motorola labs in the years that followed World War II.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1947 they came out with the first television for under $200.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1956 the company introduced the world's first pager; in 1969 came the radio and television equipment that was used to televise Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">In 1973 it invented the world's first handheld cellular phone.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Today Motorola is one of the largest cell phone manufacturers in the world.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">And it all started with the car radio.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">WHATEVER HAPPENED TO</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the two men who installed the first radio in Paul Galvin's car?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Elmer Wavering and William Lear, ended up taking very different</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">paths in life.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">Wavering stayed with Motorola.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">In the 1950's he helped change the automobile experience again when</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">he developed the first automotive</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">alternator, replacing inefficient and unreliable generators. The invention lead to such luxuries as power windows, power seats, and, eventually,</strong> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">air-conditioning.</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">Lear also continued inventing.</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">He holds more than 150 patents. Remember eight-track tape players? Lear invented that.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"><strong class="yiv9295109772">But what he's really famous for are</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">his contributions to the field of aviation. He invented radio direction finders for planes, aided in the invention of the autopilot,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">designed the first fully automatic</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">aircraft landing system,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">and in 1963 introduced his</span></strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772"> </strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <strong class="yiv9295109772">most famous invention of all,</strong> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the Lear Jet,</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">the world's first mass-produced, affordable business jet.</span></strong> <span style="font-size:18pt;" class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">(Not bad for a guy who dropped out of school after the eighth grade.)</span></strong> <span class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><em class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">Sometimes it is fun to find out how some of the</span></em></strong><span style="font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><em class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">many things that we take for granted actually came into being!</span></em></strong> <span class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">AND</span></strong> <span class="yiv9295109772"><br class="yiv9295109772"></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772"> <br class="yiv9295109772"></span><strong class="yiv9295109772"><em class="yiv9295109772"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica', sans-serif;color:#26282a;" class="yiv9295109772">It all started with a woman's suggestion!!</span></em></strong></p></td>
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