- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Air Chief, (brand of NASCO), National Automotive Service Company (General Motors-Holden); Melbourne.
- Year
- 1958
- Category
- Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 291747
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Number of Transistors
- 1
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Air Chief QJ - Air Chief, brand of NASCO,
- Shape
- Chassis only or for «building in»
- Notes
-
Air Chief car radio manufactured by Astor/EIL for NASCO, division of General Motors Holden (GMH).
Hybric push-button car radio, two unit + speaker. Permeability tuned.
2N278 changed to 2N301 (E.I.L. Bulletin QJ-4, 28/5/1959). Modfications to mounting & circuit required. Later units used CTP1138 & AT1138 which are a direct replacement for 2N301. No modifications required as per Bulletin QJ-4, except for bias readjustment. (EIL Bullletin QJ-5, 29/10/1959.
Tailored fittings to suit Holden FE & FC; Chevrolet & Pontiac vehicles.
See also Astor model QJ.
- Price in first year of sale
- 57.75 AUS £
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature ((E.I.L. Technical Bulletins QJ-1, 23/7/1958; QJ-2, 31/7/1958; QJ-3, 2/10/1958 & QJ-4, 28/1/1959.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (E.I.L. Technical Bulletin QJ-5, 29/10/1959.)
- Author
- Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 40 models, 10 with images and 23 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Air Chief, (brand of NASCO), National Automotive Service Company (General Motors-Holden); Melbourne.