• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Murphy (Brand), Westco Products Ltd. & Allied Industries Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1964

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 361005

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• 2N1637 2N1526 2N1524 2N1524 2N408 AC117 AC117 AC117

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Murphy Olympic Champion P87 - Murphy Brand, Westco Products

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 7.5 x 3.5 inch / 279 x 191 x 89 mm

• Notes

• Murphy P87 Olympic Champion

  8-Transistor superhet with RF stage broadcast (MW) portable radio.

  See also later version Murphy P88 Super Sport 8.

  Manufactured by Allied Industries Ltd (Fisher & Paykel) for Fisher & Paykel Ltd under licence from Rank-Bush Murphy Ltd, Hertfordshire, England.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.98 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 29 October 1965 Page 9)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 42 models, 41 with images and 23 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Murphy (Brand), Westco Products Ltd. & Allied Industries Ltd.; Auckland