May
The Magic Of The Two-Way Radio
We are lucky enough to live today in a world in which mass communication is possible, and not only is it possible, it is instant. Real-time information can travel back and forth through a myriad of mediums, and most credit the internet as being the biggest trailblazing invention that facilitates this type of communication, but what about the input of the humble two way radio?
These little contraptions allowed for the first time two-way communication between two different sources – not unlike a telephone, except the difference is they were mobile, so were actually more like mobile phones and, because everything was sent by radio transmission, two-way radios were free to use!
A two way radio is basically a walkie-talkie, a device that provides infinite hours of fascination for children in particular because it seems to defy the logic they learn about space and relativity; you can’t detect the presence of your friend… and yet you can communicate with them via this magnificent little contraption which has no wires and seems to work by magic.
Perhaps nowadays technology has moved on and mobile phones and other devices are the norm and children are no longer fascinated by the technology of the two way radio, but, and this is hypothetical; what if there was a sudden, huge, world-wide apocalypse-type disaster, and all of the big technology companies had their generators and buildings blown to smithereens and there was nothing to provide mobile phone service? THEN people would show a bit of appreciation for the two way radio!