Pocket Portable 985775
General Motors Radio Corp.
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- General Motors Radio Corp.
- Year
- 1941
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 121869
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 1 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1,5 & 67.5 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Pocket Portable 985775 - General Motors Radio Corp.
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 4.25 x 7.5 x 2.75 inch / 108 x 191 x 70 mm
- Notes
- Chrome plated front, black plastic case and lid. Loop antennae in lid. Rider ist listing under Chevrolet. Schiffer obviously is in error when calling it 975775.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 0.6 kg / 1 lb 5.1 oz (1.322 lb)
- Source of data
- - - Data from my own collection
- Mentioned in
- The Portable Radio in American Life (p.125)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before (see Chevrolet, p.4)
- Author
- Model page created by Richard Fairbanks. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 59 models, 29 with images and 49 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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Forum contributions about this model: General Motors Radio: Pocket Portable 985775
Threads: 1 | Posts: 2
Hi,
I am puzzled as to why the G.M. model 985775 portable radio bears the G.M.label. According to the Museum G.M. radios were not produced after about 1933. There are no other G.M. radios in the museum records after 1933. The 985775 model was made in 1941. Did some other manufacturer produce the radio for General Motors? If not, why did the G.M. label resurface in 1941 and disappear afterward?
I just missed a 985775 on eBay (had a loosing bid). It went for $565.00, which seems very high for a prewar portable. Any thoughts on why it's so expensive?
Thanks,
Tom Warnagiris, 29.Apr.13