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Murphy Radio 1947
1947 saw Murphy introduce a full range of sets for the
first time since WW2. Receivers in
the 1947 range included mains   portables,
table receivers with differing features (and prices) including facilities such
as “Special Shortwave” plus the improved sound quality available from the
latest “Baffle” set introduced. The
A122 Baffle receiver is shown left, an d
the side view (right) again shows the baffle element of the cabinet.
The metal back used in the A104 the previous year has been replaced by
the more usual card back, and the optical short wave system is no longer
provided. Listeners who were short
wave enthusiasts would now be referred to the TA92 or TU92 receivers that
included enhanced short wave performance. Removal
of the enhanced short wave tuning on the A122 allowed Murphy to reduce the price
to £22.0.0 +pt (as against £25.0.0 +pt for the A104) at a time of generally
rising prices. Valve line-up consisted of: TH41, VP41, HL41DD, PEN45, UU6.
 Shown left is
the A100 receiver. Designed by A.F. Thwaites, this receiver is compact and
distinctive. It is often referred
to as the “toaster” set, and perhaps inspired similar radios to follow such
as the Sobell “Sobelette” 439 from 1949, the K.B. FB10 from 1950, and Decca
“Deccette” from 1953. Although
first marketed in 1947, it was exhibited at the “Britain Can Make It”
exhibition in 1946. It is presented
in a dark maroon bakelite, which makes a change from the more usual mottled
brown. Its Transportable
credentials were subsequently improved when a frame aerial was included in 1948,
and the set gained the suffix F to become model A100F.
It is now considered very collectable, and the vulnerability of the
semi-circular profiled celluloid tuning scale cover means that examples are
often seen with damage to this area. Valve line-up: 10C1, 10F9, 10LD11, 10P13,
U404.
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