• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 354564

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 10C1 10F9 10LD3 10P14 U404

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 50 Hz, 200-250 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Murphy TA222 [NZ Version] - Murphy Brand, Westco Products

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.5 x 10 x 6.75 inch / 368 x 254 x 171 mm

• Notes

• Murphy TA222

  5-valve superhet all wave mantel receiver. English model, 3 bands, NZ version assembled by Westco Products Auckland. Voltages and dial layout are slightly different in the NZ model, including NZ stations on the dial.

  • MW: 525 - 1610 kHz
  • SW1: 2.16 - 7.4 MHz
  • SW2: 7.3 - 22 MHz

  Assembled and distributed by Westco Products Ltd Auckland under license from Murphy Radio Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, Great Britain, in 1954.

  See also Murphy TA222 with different dial and voltage details.

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12 lb (12 lb 0 oz) / 5.448 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 17 December 1954 Page 11)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 36 models, 35 with images and 20 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