Fact 234: Who invented the first portable and handheld radio walkie talkie?

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Fact 234: Who invented the first portable and handheld radio walkie talkie?


The first portable and handheld radio walkie talkie was invented by a Canadian investor Donald Lewes Hings CM MBE (6th of November, 1907 – 25th February, 2004 aged 96).
Donald Hings was born in Leicester and died in Canada.
Donald Hings invented a portable radio handheld system in 1937 Hings originally at called the his portable radio (walkie talkie) a packset. It wasn't until much Later that he came up with the name “walkie talkie”. He made the walkie talkie for the military company C&MS.
In 2001, Hings received the Order of Canada for the device's significance to the war effort.


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