- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London
- Year
- 1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 78808
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- Brand: Gecophone
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 120 & 2 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
- Material
- Bakelite case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BC4046 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
- Shape
- Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 18.5 x 11 x 9 inch / 470 x 279 x 229 mm
- Notes
-
A battery 2 band table radio housed in a bakelite cabinet. With an auto tuning mechanism and 6 press buttons for preset radio stations. Terminals for an external loudspeaker. See also the GEC BC4040 AC mains and GEC BC4045 AC/DC mains table radios both in the same cabinets.
- Source of data
- Radio! Radio!
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 72 BC4046 dated 39/7)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Broadcaster, Service Man's Manual (GEC 4046 dated Dec 1939)
- 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