• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn Garden City

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79481

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• PXA102 PXA102 PXA101 PXA101 PXB103 PXC131 PXC131

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 2x6 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: B385 - Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 6.5 x 3 inch / 241 x 165 x 76 mm

• Notes
• Released September 1959, price £16 12s 10d plus purchase tax. Optional wooden baffle cabinet which held two high capacity batteries £3 19s 3d extra. Socket for external aerial.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 GBP

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader service sheet 1585

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 366 models, 299 with images and 234 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn Garden City