• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 105285

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• X18 W17 ZD17 N18

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• Metal-rectifier

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

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

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 200-250 / 7.5 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BC4448 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.5 x 4.5 x 9.5 inch / 368 x 114 x 241 mm

• Notes

• An AC/DC mains/battery portable 2 band valve radio housed in plastic leathercloth covered wooden case. Propeller scale, Westinghouse 14A956 metal rectifier. Released July 1956.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.1 kg / 9 lb 0.5 oz (9.031 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Attaché Radios, Mark Johnson 2005, BVWS GB

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 184 BC4448 dated 56/12)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1313 dated 10 Aug 1957 GEC BC4448)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (GEC model BC4448)

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Hoddow. 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