Handi Com Brick radio

moustache · Post by **moustache** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:37 pm

Hello,

I have in my garage several of the old Motorola Handi Com 70 portable radios.( the brick) I also have several gang chargers and single chargers.
The radios worked really well. I don't have any batteries for them and I kbow they are old. Used in the late 70/s early 80/s.
I was wondering if any one knew of a place I may be able to get some old batteries for these.
Also if anyone wants a few of these for their collection please let me know.
Any information is greatly appreciated..

Tom in D.C. · Post by **Tom in D.C.** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:42 pm

Currently there is a thread about Handi-Com units running on this Board or on RR (can't recall which) which may interest you.

moustache · Post by **moustache** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:57 pm

thanks

Jim1348 · Post by **Jim1348** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:29 pm

http://forums.radioreference.com/motoro ... i-com.html

WB6NVH · Post by **WB6NVH** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:14 pm

Except that hardly anybody knows what they are talking about on that other thread and it's discussing a different radio.

The MH70 is what these are, that has nothing to do with later radios also using the Handie-Com name.

These are the ones with the controls on the front and were a mid-tier radio dating from 1974-1978 more or less. Crystal control and not narrow band compliant. The battery is the back section of the radio, as I recall. At over $ 40 per channel it isn't worth tuning them up on some channel.

The low band ones, MH 10, were popular although I suspect yelling might carry farther than the signal on low band with the rubber antenna.

RADIOMAN2002 · Post by **RADIOMAN2002** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:51 am

If you have low band be careful of the metal front bezel, that's part of the TX ground plan. I got bit by one years back when my metal framed glasses touched the front of the radio.