Babcock MT-5, MT-5A, MT-5B

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

MT-5: Image: QST, Aug 1953
MT-5

Image: QST, Aug 1953

Name/Title

Babcock MT-5, MT-5A, MT-5B

Description

6 Band Mobile Transmitter

Category

Transmitter, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Babcock

Date made

1952 - 1955

Valuations

Value

$99.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Dec 1952, p. 111. QST, Apr 1953, p. 111. (MT-5A) Walter Ashe catalog, 1954, p. 11 QST, Mar 1954, p. 97. (MT-5B) Improvements in the "B" version include a new "exclusive"meter with a D'Arsonval movement, a new crystal oscillator circuit using a 6CL6, and a VFO-XTAL switch and VFO connector now on the front panel.