P7411

General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

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  • Year
  • 1966
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 100557
    • Brand: Musaphonic

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 8
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 5 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 2 × 1.5 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 2.5 inch = 6.4 cm
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: P7411 - General Electric Co. GE;
  • Shape
  • Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 3.2 x 4.75 x 1.7 inch / 81 x 121 x 43 mm
  • Notes
  • Very late magnetic speaker. Not a free moving system!
    See this forum thread:
    Reed Speaker in Unknown Transistor Radio High impedance speaker with reed suspended between 2 pole pieces, drives paper cone with a stylus, and is directly driven by transistor collectors, without an audio output transformer. One of several contemporary GE transistor radio models to employ this kind of speaker which was originally used in the 1920's because of it's high efficiency and high impedance.
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • GE 1966 Portable Radios catalog
  • Author
  • Model page created by Vitor Oliveira. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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