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Home Office Circular 69/1949

Dated 5th April 1949 to Police Forces regarding the introduction of low power VHF battery operated transceivers

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Home Office Circular 150/1952

Dated 24th July 1952 to Police Forces detailing wireless: revision of charges

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Home Office Circular 78/1956

Dated 1st June 1956 to Police Forces detailing ‘walkie-talkie’ revised hire charges

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Home Office Circular 10/1964

Dated 8th January 1964 to Police Forces detailing the availability of personal radios (walkie-talkie) for hire for use on existing force frequencies or on a national pack set frequency for the given area.

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Home Office Circular 259/1964

Dated 2nd November 1964 to Police Forces detailing wireless: revised basis of Fire Service contribution

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Home Office Circular 118/1966

Dated 1st July 1966 to Police Forces detailing  procurement numbers of UHF personal radios and issue arrangements for the period 1966/67.

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Home Office Directorate Personal Radio Memo 1968

In 1968 Mr. Ray Stoodley from the Directorate wrote a eight page memorandum that is thought to have been circulated to Police Forces in England and Wales outlining the progress to-date regarding the introduction to service of personal radio communication.  The document gives an overview of the work that had been carried out over a period of some years prior to the memo, equipment’s that had been evaluated during trials and an indication of the anticipated numbers of units and frequency bands required to support personal radio communication.  

For those people who are interested in understanding more about one of the major changes in Police communication philosophy during the 1960’s and the subsequent impact to the Directorate in the creation of UHF Personal Radio Schemes, this memorandum is worth reading to catch up on a bit of early history.

Please note that the six page document is a photocopy of the original memorandum, hence the poor image quality.

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