The History of the Walkie Talkie
The first Walkie Talkie was invented in 1938 by Alfred Gross when he was 12 years old. He invented the Walkie Talkie because he was interested in wireless communication.
A Walkie Talkie is a wireless two way phone. There are six main parts to a Walkie Talkie. They are a transmitter, receiver, crystals, speaker, microphone and a power source. The transmitter sends your voice through the speaker to the other person.
Walkie Talkies were first used by the military in the Second World War. They were very heavy and carried in backpacks and they had a handset that looked like a phone. These Walkie Talkies enabled the military to communicate with each other behind enemy lines and back to the base.
It was not until 1970 that these communication tools became widely known about. Motorola began to produce smaller ones and the ability to hold ‘secret’ conversations with friends thrilled children.
Today Walkie Talkies are used by children, hunters, forestry works, truckies, police officers, fire fighters and many other emergency services. In today’s society Walkie Talkies are a lot smaller and are either hand held or fixed to the dash board of a vehicle.
Report written by Bailey and Jesse.