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General Radio Co. Ltd.; London

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Name: General Radio Co. Ltd.; London    (GB)  
Abbreviation: general
Products: Model types
Summary:

General Radio Co. Ltd., Twyford Abbey Works, Acton Lane, London NW 10.

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History:


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
GB  22 GRC4   two peep holes to the crystal: one for light, one to view; GPO No.132. 
GB  99 doublet id= 70571   BBC/PMG stamp; GPO No.132; 
GB  23 G.R.C.16 GRC16   GPO No.2030; see also matching Amplifier G.R.C.13; 
GB  23 G.R.C.13 GRC13   GPO No.3012; matches the G.R.C16 Receiver; 
GB  23 GRC5   BBC/PMG stamp, GPO No.140. 
GB  23 GRC6   No BBC stamp, no GPO Nr. 
GB  99 doublet id= 70571   GPO No.132; 
GB  23 The Rex    
GB  26 G.R.C. 15 SS2ALF  First valve: detector with reaction, second valve: LF amplifier with transformer coupli... 
GB  27 3V   uses BECO moving-iron aluminium foil cone speaker. 
GB  23 Horn Loud Speaker G.R.C. 27 (GRC 27)   General Radio Company G.R.C. 27 Loud Speaker. Matching speaker for the G.R.C. 16 Receiver. 
GB  27 Standard Receiver   Regenerative detector, followed by a transformer-coupled LF amplifier; reaction is control... 

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New book about the General Radio Company Limited.
Lorne Clark
15.Mar.12
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An exciting and comprehensive new book about the General Radio Company Limited has just been published. 'A Radiophone in Every Home - William Stephenson and the General Radio Company Limited, 1922 - 1928' by Ian L. Sanders and Lorne Clark, published 2012 by Loddon Valley Press, ISBN 978-0-9570773-0-0 is available now, only from the publishers, and details can be found on their webpage (Google: Loddon Valley Press). The book includes sections on the company's involvement with mechanical television and it even has circuit diagrams of the company's radio receivers. Essential reading for anyone interested in the General Radio Company Ltd. or the facinating life of its founder, Sir William Samuel Stephenson.

Lorne Clark

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