• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)

• Year
• 1957 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 84171

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 6BA6 6CR6 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 262.5 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: VWA7 - Motorola Inc. ex Galvin Mfg.Co

• Notes

• Motorola model VWA7 is a battery operated custom built AM automobile receiver.

  Vibrator for +B.

  Automatic tuner with 5 pushbuttons for automatic station selection

  Designed for custom installation in the 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954 and 1953 Volkswagen cars.

   

   

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 18, 1958

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 374 Folder 8 dated 10-57)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Motorola Service Manual - Part No. 68P541456)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 4607 models, 2964 with images and 4106 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. Chicago); Schaumburg (IL)