General Motors Chevrolet No. 601574 Automotive Radio Schematic
June 1935 Radio-Craft

June 1935 Radio-Craft

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General Motors Chevrolet No. 601574: In this receiver the antenna circuit is capacity coupled to the antenna system. This results in exceptionally high gain in the antenna stage and serves to compensate for the relative inefficiency of the undercar antennas required in the all-steel-top cars. An adjustment in the receiver permits alignment to the car antenna. Tube V1 functions as both R.F. and A.F. amplifier. To permit suppressor-less operation the battery circuit to the receiver is very carefully filtered. The reproducer mounts above the windshield. Master Chevrolet car rear wheels are equipped at the factory with anti-static fittings. Similar fittings for the front wheels are supplied with the radio set. The plug-in, full-wave, self-rectifying vibrator "B" unit is permanently connected for operation on negative-grounded battery supply. Because of space limitations in the header-type reproducer, the output transformer is built into the receiver chassis.

General Motors Chevrolet No. 601574

Remarkable improvements in car sets are indicated these diagrams of the new automotive radio receivers shown on the preceding page.

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