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SAME CRYSTALS.  TAKING YOUR STATION MOBILE WAS ANOTHER CHALLENGE.  IMAGINE
TRYING TO DRIVE WHILE DEALING WITH THE HASSLES OF TUNING AND TRANSMITTING,
LET ALONE THE INCONVENIENCE OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE TWO SIZABLE BOXES IN
YOUR CAR.  BUT MOBILE OPERATING WAS ON THE RISE IN THE POSTWAR WORLD.
CHANGES IN REGULATIONS, VEHICLES AND LIFESTYLES WERE DRIVING FACTORS NO PUN
INTENDED.  THE TRANSFORMATION OF AUTOMOBILE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FROM 6 V TO
12 V, AND THE POPULARITY OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND POWER STEERING SOON
MADE MOBILE OPERATING EASIER AND SAFER.  AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, CHANGES IN
FCC RULES MADE HF MOBILE POSSIBLE ON ANY BAND AND MODE.  ALL OF THESE
PRESSURES SPURRED DEMAND FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION.  HAMS WANTED RADIOS
THAT WERE FREQUENCY AGILE ON RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT.  THEY ALSO WANTED RIGS
THAT COMBINED RECEIVERS AND TRANSMITTERS INTO SINGLE ENCLOSURES THAT WERE
MORE COMPACT AND CONVENIENT TO HANDLE ESPECIALLY WITH MOBILE OPERATING IN
MIND.  IN OTHER WORDS, HAMS WANTED TRANSCEIVERS.  EARLY HURDLES YOUD THINK
TRANSCEIVER DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY EASY, BUT IT WASNT.  ONE
HURDLE WAS THE FACT THAT RECEIVERS AND TRANSMITTERS APPROACHED FREQUENCY
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