This was brought up on a variac.  Powers up and Tubes light up. No further testing.  See photos .  It has some wear. it appears to be missing 2 tubes.  

The Carfone 150 was a two way FM radio made by RCA in the 1950's, approximately 1954-59 to be precise. The 150 is a VHF high band (150-174 MHz) radio while the Carfone 50 is a low band (30-50 MHz) model. The Carfone 150 came in a number of power levels, most were dynamotor powered on transmit and vibrator powered on receive.

The physical construction consists of three strip-chassis inside a rugged steel case, with a locking t-handle. The three chassis are: power supply, transmtter and receiver. Crystal controlled, most were single channel but some were two channel. There is of course a separate control head with speaker and mike all cabled to the "drawer" which mounts in the car trunk. There was also a "front mount" option to allow the entire monster to fit in the passenger compartment, such as in a cement mixer truck.

They were used by police departments, businesses, taxis, plumbers, almost any user of two way radio. There was a later modification to change the power supply over to transistor power and get rid of the dynamotor and vibrator.

The transmitter uses either one or two 6146's

Due to age these items are being sold AS IS.

Disclaimer: When buying almost 50 and 50 plus year old electronic equipment that has not had all parts replaced with new parts there is always the possibility with failure to the 50 year old part/s at any time. Some of the electronic part/s may continue for another 50 years without need of replacement and some electronic part/s may fail a few days after you start using the item.

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