• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1947

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 302850

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X76M W76 DH76 KT76 U76 161

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Compact BC4835 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 7.75 x 7.75 inch / 305 x 197 x 197 mm

• Notes

• An AC/DC mains 3 band table radio housed In a compact black bakelite cabinet with an ivory louvre front. Released May 1947. See also the similar GEC 4835R model with a similar  chassis with a PM loudspeaker, housed in a brown, maroon or green cabinet.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 10.25 lb (10 lb 4 oz) / 4.654 kg

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (831 dated Oct 4 1947 model BC4835)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service bulletin No. 101 BC4835)

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 442 models, 286 with images and 236 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