• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1951 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 105525

• • Brand: Gecophone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• X79 W77 DH77 N78 U78

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and more than two Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115; 125; 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.5 inch = 14 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: BC5444L - GEC, General Electric Co Ltd.,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.5 x 12.5 x 9 inch / 394 x 318 x 229 mm

• Notes

• An AC mains MW/LW/SW bandspread table radio housed in a plastic cabinet with wood effect side panels. With provision for a gramophone pickup and an external loudspeaker. Same as the GEC BC5444 model which has different mains voltage options.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 15 lb 0 oz (15 lb) / 6.810 kg

• Mentioned in
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (GEC Service Bulletin No. 166 BC5444 and BC5444L)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio And Television Servicing books (R&TVS) (GEC models BC5444, BC5444L)

• 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