• Year
  • 1949
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 105298
    • Brand: Gecophone

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 + 5 + 2 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: BC4956 - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel with Push Buttons.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 17.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 inch / 445 x 394 x 267 mm
  • Notes
  • A battery 3 band table radio housed in a walnut veneered wooden case. With flywheel tuning, tone control (above the dial), push buttons for wavebands and provision for gramophone pickup and external loudspeaker.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 22.5 lb (22 lb 8 oz) / 10.215 kg
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original-techn. papers.
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 111 BC4956 dated 49/9)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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