1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

SWB 18 · 6th Aug 2018, 11:06 am

Hello,

Thought that the attached might be of interest.

I'm told that the advert was in a book to promote British achievements & exports in around 1963, but have no further information about it.

Phil.

Duke_Nukem · 6th Aug 2018, 12:27 pm

Never seen that radio on the top left before - and hopefully never will again!

What were they thinking ?

TTFN,
Jon

dazzlevision · 6th Aug 2018, 9:03 pm

That TV looks very similar to the UK market’s Astra Mark 2 series (V7xx models). The Astra Mark 2 chassis had hole punchings in the chassis metalwork that were not used for UK sets but they clearly were for the export and (perhaps) CCTV monitor versions.

It would be very interesting to see the service manual for the EV663 export set. It was probably the last real Murphy export TV, as the next generation of export models under Rank Bush Murphy were based on a Bush chassis (mechanicallly very similar to the Bush TV125/Murphy V879 series of UK market sets).

julie_m · 6th Aug 2018, 9:32 pm

I love that TB-705 (?) radio! Very space-age .....

usradcoll1 · 7th Aug 2018, 3:51 am

There was several different makes of a set that looked like that, sold in the US.
I was referred to as a "Cordless Table Radio".
Battery life and tone quality was better than many of the smaller transistor sets, because of the larger size.

6th Aug 2018, 11:06 am	#1
SWB 18 Pentode Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 181	1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. Hello, Thought that the attached might be of interest. I'm told that the advert was in a book to promote British achievements & exports in around 1963, but have no further information about it. Phil. Attached Thumbnails

6th Aug 2018, 12:27 pm	#2
Duke_Nukem Octode Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 1,268	Re: 1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. Never seen that radio on the top left before - and hopefully never will again! What were they thinking ? TTFN, Jon

6th Aug 2018, 9:03 pm	#3
dazzlevision Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Near Swindon, North Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,612	Re: 1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. That TV looks very similar to the UK market’s Astra Mark 2 series (V7xx models). The Astra Mark 2 chassis had hole punchings in the chassis metalwork that were not used for UK sets but they clearly were for the export and (perhaps) CCTV monitor versions. It would be very interesting to see the service manual for the EV663 export set. It was probably the last real Murphy export TV, as the next generation of export models under Rank Bush Murphy were based on a Bush chassis (mechanicallly very similar to the Bush TV125/Murphy V879 series of UK market sets).

6th Aug 2018, 9:32 pm	#4
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: 1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. I love that TB-705 (?) radio! Very space-age ..... __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.

7th Aug 2018, 3:51 am	#5
usradcoll1 Heptode Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, USA. Posts: 823	Re: 1963 Murphy Export Radio & TV Sets Book Advert. There was several different makes of a set that looked like that, sold in the US. I was referred to as a "Cordless Table Radio". Battery life and tone quality was better than many of the smaller transistor sets, because of the larger size.