Shortwave Receivers by Murphy Radio

In 1929, the English company Murphy Radio has been founded by Frank Murphy and E. J. Power; the company quickly turned into a vivid manufacturer of consumer radios and employed 2000 employees, F. Murphy left the company in 1937.
In WWII, Murphy developed a small portable manpack transceiver, the Wireless Set No. 38, for the British armed forces. In the following years, Murphy stepped into production of commercial and military communications equipment, one of the famous sets is the B40 receiver mainly used by the Navy.
After having made the first experiences in pre-war years, Murphy developed television sets and did stay in business until the seventies.

B40 A: ca. 1948, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 571401 / 57140A 640 kHz - 30,6 MHz, AM, CW, SSB
B40 B: ca. 1949, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 571402 / 57140B 640 kHz - 30,6 MHz, AM, CW, SSB
B40 C: ca. 1949, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 571403 / 57140C 640 kHz - 30,6 MHz, AM, CW, SSB
B40 D: ca. 1950, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 571404 / 57140D 640 kHz - 30,6 MHz, AM, CW, FSK
B41: 1946, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 15 - 700 kHz, AM, CW
62B: ca. 1950, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 571404 / 57140D 640 kHz - 30,6 MHz, AM, CW, FSK
618: ca. 1955, single conversion superhet, Admiralty Pattern 100335 60 - 550 kHz, 1,5 - 30 MHz, AM, CW

further literature:
e: Osterman, Fred: Receivers Past & Present, Universal Radio Research, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, USA, ISBN 1-882123-07-7
e: Murphy B40 series of Naval Communications Receivers

Murphy Radio Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordsh., England

Murphy Radio
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordsh., England