• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78807

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X63 KTW61 DL63 KT61 U50

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 190-250 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BC4040 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18.5 x 11 x 9 inch / 470 x 279 x 229 mm

• Notes

• An AC mains 2 band table radio housed in a bakelite cabinet. With an auto tuning mechanism and 6 press buttons for preset radio stations. Terminals for an external loudspeaker  The GEC BC4040L is the same but has different  AC mains options. Same cabinet as the GEC BC4045 AC/DC model and GEC BC4046 battery model. Price in 1939 8½ guineas.

• Price in first year of sale
• 8.93 £

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (429 dated Sep 30 1939 BC4040 BC4040L)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service bulletin No. 70 BC4040 BC4040L)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Broadcaster, Service Man's Manual (Service manual GEC BC4040 BC4040L dated Aug 19 1939)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. 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