• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1960/1961

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 122370

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Transistors
• 5

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1 x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: P808C - General Electric Co. GE;

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7.125 x 4.625 x 2.375 inch / 181 x 117 x 60 mm

• Notes

• The General Electric P808C is a battery operated portable AM receiver. The AM band frequency tuning range is 540 to 1600kHz.  Has earphone jack that disconnects the speaker for private listening.

  The P808C is part of the following family of models:

  Model	Other Models in Family	Cabinet Color
  P755A	None	Gray
  P805A (Early)	P805A (Late)	White
  P806A (Early)	P806A (Late)	Blue
  P807A	P807B, C, E, G, H, I, J, S, T	Black
  P808A	P808B, C, E, G, H, J, S, T	White
  P809B	P809C, E	Green

  Has high impedance speaker with reed suspended between pole pieces, drives paper cone with a stylus, and is directly driven by a single ended collector, without an audio output transformer. One of several contemporary GE transistor radio models do employ this kind of speaker which was originally used in the 1920's because of it's high efficiency and high impedance.

  Uses Qty(5) large TO5 transistors, with audio output transistor operating as a Class A amplifier directly driving the speaker. Normal size resistors and capacitors are used (similar to sizes used in tube radio's).

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide To TrR1 Bunis trans.94 (1996, page 97)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Radio Service Guide Volume IV 1961 to 1963 pages 20, 21)

• Author
• Model page created by Enrico Bonisolo. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2916 models, 2140 with images and 2042 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY