- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- GEC, General Electric Co Ltd., GENALEX; London
- Year
- 1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 79289
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- Brand: Gecophone
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- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 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
- Bakelite case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: BC4941 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 13.5 x 12.5 x 7.25 inch / 343 x 318 x 184 mm
- Notes
-
A 2 band all-dry battery portable valve radio housed in a bakelite case. Released April 1948.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 17 lb 0 oz (17 lb) / 7.718 kg
- Source of data
- Radio! Radio!
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 109 BC4941)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (916 dated July 9 1949)
- 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
Collections
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