- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn Garden City
- Year
- 1961
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 96225
eBay item number:324757577832
eBay item number:324757577832
eBay item number:324757577832
eBay item number:324757577832
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Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 7
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 470 kHz
- Tuned circuits
- 7 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast (MW) and Long Wave.
- Power type and voltage
- Dry Batteries / 2 × 6 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: B485 - Murphy Radio Ltd.; Welwyn
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 10.1 x 7.75 x 3.5 inch / 257 x 197 x 89 mm
- Notes
- Later examples have Mullard transistors: OC44, 2× OC45, AF117, OC81D, 2× OC81. Released February 1961, price £22 6s 0d including purchase tax. Leather carry case included. Socket for car aerial.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 2 kg / 4 lb 6.5 oz (4.405 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 22.00 GBP
- Mentioned in
- Trader Service sheet 1585
- Author
- Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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