• Year
  • 1939
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 201907
    • Brand: Gecophone

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 190-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Bakelite case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: BC4050 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Notes
  • An AC mains 3 band table radio housed in a bakelite cabinet. With press buttons for 8 pre-set radio stations plus 4 press buttons for waveband selection and switching off. With terminals for gramophone pickup and external loudspeaker. Released March 1939 price 10 guineas. The GEC BC4050L model is the same with different mains voltage options. The same chassis is fitted to the  GEC BC4054 console radio and a similar chassis is fitted to the GEC BC4058 radiogram. See also the GEC BC4055 DC/AC mains version and the GEC BC4056 battery version both in the same cabinet.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 10.50 £
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service bulletin No. 65 BC4050/L, BC4054/L, BC4058/L dated 39/3)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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