G828

GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London

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  • Year
  • 1965 ?
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 105517
    • Brand: Gecophone

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 7
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / PP7: 9 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4.5 inch = 11.4 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.25 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: G828 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Notes

  • A battery powered portable seven transistor radio covering MW (200-555 metres), LW (1155-2000 metres), SW (5.7-10.3 MHz) and Bandspread covering the high frequency end of MW (183-211 metres) centred on Radio Luxembourg (208 metres). The same chassis is fitted into the GEC 826, and McMichael M126 models. Also similar are the GEC G825 and Sobell S325 models which use a different battery, have no tone control and a smaller loudspeaker.

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original-techn. papers.
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Service manual for G825, G826, G828, S325 and M126)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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