• 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
• 79237

• • 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
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Compact BC4835R - 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 compact table radio housed In a brown or green case with a throw out wire aerial or in maroon with an internal plate aerial. See also the GEC BC4835 model in a black case with a similar chassis with an energised field moving coil loudspeaker. All versions have ivory knobs and louvre fronts.

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

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (830 dated Sep 20 1947)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service bulletin No. 103 BC4835R)

• 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