• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 202167

• • Brand: Gecophone

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X30 W30 DH30 N30 MU14

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 125 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-130, 210-230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Superhet A.V.C.5 BC3540L [table model] - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes
• Model with AVC, supersedes "Superhet 5". All valves except rectifier have 13v. heaters, two (the W30 and N30) being metal/glass "Catkin" types. The BC3540 model is identical apart from a 190-250 volt AC mains transformer. A similar chassis is fitted to the BC3544, BC3544L and BC3542 console radios, and the BC3548 and BC3548L radiograms.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (554)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 444 models, 288 with images and 237 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