Murphy Radio 1953

New to the range in 1953 was the A192 shown left.  The cabinet was designed by David Ogle, and this particular receiver has become quite collectable now.  The sound quality is not particularly great, primarily because the speaker is comparatively small.  As the tuning scale is placed centrally in the cabinet, the speaker has to sit to one side, and therefore to avoid wasting space on the side without the speaker the speaker must be quite small.  This is perhaps a case of the cabinet design adversely impacting on the function of the radio.  Nonetheless, it was a popular set and sold well.  It has a nice touch in that the Murphy 192 logo is illuminated red at the top of the tuning scale when the set is on. Valve line-up is 10C1, 10F9, 10LD11, 10P14, U404.

As discussed previously relating to the TA92 and TU92 receivers, the “T” stood for Tropicalised receivers generally intended for export. Some remained in the U.K. though, and there were versions with LW provided, as is the case with the example shown. The SW band is further bandspread to the 31/25/19/16/13m bands. Notable is the mahogany cabinet, a veneer rarely used by Murphy in receivers intended solely for the U.K. market. A combination of all-glass valves are used together with rectifier and PEN45 output valve. By this time Tropicalised receivers were being fitted with small 15w pygmy bulbs with standard bayonet fitting for scale illumination.

Full range introduced from 1953 

Continue to 1954 

© COPYRIGHT RETAINED ON ALL TEXT AND IMAGES ON THIS SITE.