GEC, General Electric Co.; London manufacturer

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Name:

GEC, General Electric Co.; London (GB)

Abbreviation:

gec

Products:

tubes model-types

Summary:

GEC is the most popular name for General Electric Co.Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, London WC2.
They used the Trade Names GECOPHONE for their Wireless equipment and GECOVALVE (or Geco) for the valves. Therefore the Brand Name Gecophone is often mistaken for the Company, and widely used.

The usual abbreviation is G.E.C., but we must not use an isolated character to start with. Search would fail.

History:

Some models:

Ctry	Year	Name	1st Tube	Notes
GB	85	2541		Modell No. 2541, six adjustable wave bands, Scale Light, Time Zones Scala, battery indicat...
GB	57	BT1156		GEC BT1156; 405 lines b/w TV with 12 channel GB standard VHF I/III turret tuner, 185 ...
GB	35	Home Broadcaster B.C.1900		GEC Home Broadcaster B.C.1900; Probably carbon microphone, off/max. control, 25 feet ...
GB	48	BRT400	W81	Coverage in 6 bands; 150-350 kHz and 550kHz to 33MHz. Electrically identical to the r...
GB	30	BC3038		A three-valve AC portable radio in a polished mahogany case.
GB	30	BC3152	MS4	This model is in a polished mahogany cabinet but is otherwise identical to model BC3150.
GB	30	BC3034R	P215	This model is presented in a polished oak case and was sold without batteries. Otherwise i...
GB	30	BC3150	MS4	The radio-gramophone version of model BC3140, presented in a polished oak cabinet.
GB	30	BC3033R	P215	This model is in a polished mahogany case as the BC3032R, but was sold with all batteries....
GB	30	BC3035R	P215	The oak-cased version of model BC3033R, this too was also sold with all batteries. All fou...
GB	26	Gecophone Model "B" BC 1620		Cabinet Horn Speaker. Mahogany cabinet. Similar in oak BC 1642 (Hill, Radio-Radio, fig.861).
GB	37	Fidelity All-Wave 8 BC3882		GEC BC3882 Fidelity All-Wave 8; Export model, compare with BC3880 domestic version, e...

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