• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1977 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 310200

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Transistors
• 11

• Semiconductors
• 2SC394 2SC394 2SC381 2SC381 2SC381 2SC562 2SC373 2SC372 2SA652 2SC375 S1239

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 / 10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 240 / 6 x 1.6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.75 W (max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Starfinder III R8003H - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 318 x 203 x 80 mm / 12.5 x 8 x 3.1 inch

• Notes

• This model GEC R8003 has wood grain look but the similar model GEC R8004 has a black finish, both models have a MW preset button.

  Wave bands MW & LW, SW 5.8 - 16MHz, VHF FM 87.5 - 104MHz

  5 pin DIN socket for connection to and from a tape recorder.
  3mm Jack socket for earphones.

  Batteries, 6 x D cells

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.550 kg / 5 lb 9.9 oz (5.617 lb)

• Mentioned in
• Trader Service Sheet 3317/ 1978

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (3317 24 May 1978)

• Author
• Model page created by Mike Edwards † 25.10.21. 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