- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London
- Year
- 1949
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 105298
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- Brand: Gecophone
Advert ~1949
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 + 5 + 2 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BC4956 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
- Shape
- Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 17.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 inch / 445 x 394 x 267 mm
- Notes
-
A battery 3 band table radio housed in a walnut veneered wooden case. With flywheel tuning, tone control (above the dial), push buttons for wavebands and provision for gramophone pickup and external loudspeaker.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 22.5 lb (22 lb 8 oz) / 10.215 kg
- Mentioned in
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 111 BC4956 dated 49/9)
- 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