This is the Marti Electronics Section of
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 10/23/26

The company George Marti founded has produced a variety of VHF and UHF systems for broadcasters, including many solid RPU (Remote Pickup Unit) transmitters and receivers; so many, in fact, that many engineers - including many who perhaps have never heard of George Marti -  refer to all such transmitters as "Martis."

In 2000, the company was purchased by BE (Broadcast Electronics), and the manufacturing was moved to Quincy, IL. At the same time, a small group of ex-Marti employees purchased the building and continue to repair and refurbish Marti gear in Cleburne, TX. That ended when Rick Neace passed away in 2015.

Dave Hultsman remembers; Some of the original Marti receivers and transmitters came from the Santa Fe railroad yards were Roger Bast worked for many years. They had a radio department in Cleburne. Many railroads used Bendix Two-Way Radio equipment. Marti built their own transmitters, but in the early days  the receiver was a Bendix Type 11RS2QQ strip that had a power supply and audio equalizing stage built by Marti in Cleburne.  It is my recollection they did not manufacturer receivers until they came out with a version of the 11RS2Q using the 6DS4 NuVistors in the receiver front ends.

The first Marti transmitter I saw was homemade was 5 Watts and had a 1-1/2" Lafayette VU Meter on the front panel.

RPU

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	CR-10 - RPU Receiver
	M-3-60B - 15 Watts - 1960 This was the first of the Marti RPU's marketed nationally exclusively for two years by Collins Radio Company.
	RPT-2/15 - 2 or 15 Watts
	RPT-30 - 30 Watts
	RPT-40 - 40 Watts

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