From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter discussing the advantages of American car radios over British models, detailing specific features.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\1\ img291 | |
| Date | 23th September 1940 | |
| [Handwritten at top:] while telephone indifferent to buzzer what Jack has [...] on it now and later a talk with Julian Batson to have a [...] of 'Crosbie' with one of 23.9.40. -2- Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/JMS. [torn] Olley, Esq., [torn] General Motors Building, N.[...] Dear Olley, Your Serial No. 76. Thank you for this letter, which we passed to our representative, who reports as follows: "This letter was in the form of a criticism of British car radios pointing out the advantages that American car radios have over them. The most important of these details have been taken from this letter and are points with which we are in complete agreement. 1. Special components are used so that they stand up to variations in temperature and vibration, most of our components are those which are used in standard home receivers. 2. Roof and whipsocket aerials are now universally used, Lincoln's are all fitted with whipsocket Types, under car aerials have been abandoned because they are being constantly shielded by obstruction and the mass of the car itself, and therefore do not give constant reception. 3. Roof and whipsocket aerials are not unsightly - there are a number of designs. 4. Push button tuning is used on all their receivers and is a definite advantage to the driver. 5. By installing the receiver on the instrument panel there are no straggling cables, the dashboard is left clear for mounting a heater, etc. by mounting the speaker high in the car instead of low down on the dash there is a saving of about 40% in the current required because of the increased audibility. The reproduction is definitely improved because the instrument panel acts as an additional baffle." | ||