• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1964

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 105542

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• AF117 AF117 AF117 AC127 OC81D OC81 AC127

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / PP6: 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.375 inch = 8.6 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Transistomatic Radio Camera G822 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9 x 5 x 2.25 inch / 229 x 127 x 57 mm

• Notes

• A battery powered portable seven transistor radio with a built-in Kodak (Instamatic 100?) photo camera covering MW (203 - 545 metres), LW (1175 - 2000 metres) and Bandspread covering the high frequency end of MW (174 - 210 metres) including Radio Luxembourg at 208 metres. Fitted with sockets for a car aerial and for an earphone, external loudspeaker or tape recorder. Released May 1964, price £17 3s 10d plus Purchase tax.

  Wellenbereiche: Langwelle, Mittelwelle, zweiter Mittelwellenbereich gespreizt nur Bereich 174...210m , Radio Luxemburg ist besonders vermerkt

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.5 lb (2 lb 8 oz) / 1.135 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.00 GBP

• Circuit diagram reference
• Radio and TV Servicing books (R&TVS) book

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1684 dated 2 January 1965)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Antique Radio Magazine - Italy, Club Antique Radio Magazine (n. 106, marzo-aprile 2012)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• ERT Service Chart 1482 dated March 18 1965

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Manual Model G822 Transistomatic Radio Camera)

G.E.C. mod. G822 "Transistomatic"... ovvero la radio a transistor con macchina fotografica incorporata (Gentile concessione L.Salvatore/ARM)

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• Documents regarding this model

• 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