EBC 144 Jr

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

EBC 144 Jr

Description

20 Watt Frequency Synthesized 2 Meter FM Transceiver

Category

Transceiver, VHF FM

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Emergency Beacon Corporation

Date made

1975 - 1976

Valuations

Value

$599.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Aug 1975, p 133. QST, Jan 1976, p. 91. The EBC 144 Jr was made by the Emergency Beacon Corporation in New Rochelle, New York. The company's main business was manufacturing avionics used in search and rescue operations for downed aircraft. The 20-watt EBC 144 Jr was fully synthesized and covered 143.5-148.5 MHz using 5 kHz increments. It had standard repeater splits, reverse splits, and simplex modes. The receiver used a 10-pole crystal filter.