• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79367

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• X79 W77 DH77 N78

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 190-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4.5 inch = 11.4 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AC Compact BC4644 [cream] - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.25 x 8.25 x 4.375 inch / 286 x 210 x 111 mm

• Notes

• An AC mains 2 band portable radio housed in a polystyrene cabinet. Released August 1954, price £11.18s.6d plus purchase tax. Also produced in cream/eau de nil & cream/carnation red colours.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5.25 lb (5 lb 4 oz) / 2.384 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 12.00 GBP

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Circuit diagram reference
• Radio and TV Servicing books (R&TVS) book

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1174 dated 27 Nov 1954)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Service bulletin No. 169 GEC BC4644 dated 55/12)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 443 models, 287 with images and 237 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London