On (26 Dec 97) Scott McQuilkin wrote to All...
 SM> Re: 2-Way Radio Co-inventor Dead.
Yes, he is.  For quite a while now.
 SM>  On Thursday September 17th 1997, co-inventor of the two-way radio
 SM>  Charles Clio Shumard (My Grandfather), past away at the age of 98 in
 SM>  Princeton, New Jersey.
And again, my condolences.  
 SM>   Charles C. Shumard, Co-invented Walkie-talkie
Only if he worked for Motorola.  5 pound AM walkie talkie, produced,
engineered, and developed at the request of the US army, before
WWII
 SM>  After working in RCA's tube division in Harrison, he was transferred
 SM> to  RCA in Camden, where he co-invented the walkie-talkie, a 2-way
 SM> radio.
Again, only if he was moonlighting..
I would also reference the RCA History, available on the WWW, at
www.nipper.com  which makes no reference of being the "first" in
Two way.  Surely, anybody who could claim it, would!
Looking also at a copy of Scientific American, in 1916, which shows
a picture of a mobile two way installation for a police department.
quite an interesting antenna array!  A very interesting article.  I
found the magazine for sale on the internet, and it now is displayed
at our shop.  Of course, this was a demo system, two way did not 
come into widespread use for many years later.
Your grandfather would have had to have been 17 years old, when
the system was operational!
So again, Scott, maybe your grandfather invented RCA's first introduction
into the Two Way field, but no where near the first of them all.
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