- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London
- Year
- 1959
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 118177
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- Brand: Gecophone
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 6
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / PP11: 1 x 9 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
- Material
- Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BC501 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Notes
-
A 2 band battery portable radio housed in a wooden case with a rexine and tygan covering. Socket for car aerial. Released May 1959.
- Mentioned in
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1415 dated 26 Sep 1959)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (GEC model BC501)
- Author
- Model page created by Mario Coelho. 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