• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

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

• Year
• 1962

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 193381

• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• ECC85 ECH81 EBF89 ECC83 EM85 ECC83 EL84 EL84

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and FM or UHF.

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

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

• Loudspeaker
• 4 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: A496SR [MK II] - Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 37.5 x 33 x 14.87 inch / 953 x 838 x 378 mm

• Notes
• Released February price £92 8s 0d. Similar to the Murphy earlier A496SR model but with a different gramophone unit. Garrard AT6 Autoslim autochanger supplied with Garrard GV8 mono and Acos GP71 stereo cartridges. Optional Murphy S6 freestanding loudspeakers at extra cost. Metal rectifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 92.00 GBP

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Author
• Model page created by Howard Craven. 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