- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London
- Year
- 1957
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 105280
-
- Brand: Gecophone
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 1.5 & 90 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BC1452 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 9 x 3.75 x 8.5 inch / 229 x 95 x 216 mm
- Notes
-
A battery portable 2 band valve radio housed in a rexine covered wooden case. Released August 1957 price £9 9s 6d.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 6.5 kg / 14 lb 5.1 oz (14.317 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 9.48 £
- Mentioned in
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 188 BC1452)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (1363 dated 2 Aug 1958 GEC BC1452)
- Author
- Model page created by Peter Hoddow. 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