• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Genalex, BGE (brand), British General Electric Co. Pty Ltd.; Sydney, NSW.

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 171893

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• VMS4_Catkin 2A7 VMS4_Catkin MHD4 MH4Cat MPT4_Catkin MPT4_Catkin U12

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Catkin 8 BC225 - Genalex, BGE brand, British

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 41.5 x 14 inch / 610 x 1054 x 356 mm

• Notes
• This model uses a tuning light driven via a saturable core reactor from the MHD4 triode section. Both speakers are electrodynamic types.

• Mentioned in
• Foxradio 1934 catalogue

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Technician 2/40. Also in Mingay's index.

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 203 models, 35 with images and 96 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Genalex, BGE (brand), British General Electric Co. Pty Ltd.; Sydney, NSW.