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Image Not Available for W15AM 'Westminster' Radio Telephone Base Station
W15AM 'Westminster' Radio Telephone Base Station
Image Not Available for W15AM 'Westminster' Radio Telephone Base Station

W15AM 'Westminster' Radio Telephone Base Station

Manufacturer (Cambridge, England, founded 1896)
Date1967-1978
Object NameTelephone
Mediummetal, rubber, plastic, acrylic
ClassificationsChemicals and Gas
Dimensions54 x 27 x 13cm
AcquisitionJohn Lovie Gas Works Collection.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS086193
About MeW15AM 'Westminster' Radio Telephone Base Station contained within a metal box with a carrying handle. The box is finished in a blue-grey textured acrylic paint. A plastic olive green mouthpiece is attached by a coiled wire to the front of the box next to the volume, squelch, channel and on/off knobs. Protuding vertically from the box is an aerial, encased in rubber.

First introduced in 1967, the Westminster was claimed to be the world's first all-semiconductor PMR mobile. More than 120,000 were produced.

Model Number: W15AM
Serial Number: 58285
Standard frequency range: 25-174 MHz
Transmitter RF output: W15FM - 15 Watts
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