MURPHY SGS76 'CONSTELLATION' (1959)

The Murphy SGS76 was manufactured for Fisher & Paykel Ltd by Allied Industries Ltd (Fisher & Paykel) in 1959.

6-valve + rectifier (7 valve equivalent) + magic eye, bandspread stereogram

Murphy SGS76 'Constellation'
Murphy Sales Literature

Technical Information

Valves (6 + magic eye + silicon bridge rectifier): EF85, 6C9, EBF89, ECC83, EL41, EL41 and EM85 Magic Eye

Intermediate Frequency: 470kc/s

Frequency Bands: 5

Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version)

Service information Murphy-SGS76-Constellation-stereogram-6V-BS-AC-1959.pdf

Murphy SGS76 'Constellation'

General Construction Notes for Allied Industries Ltd (Fisher & Paykel):

Murphy stereogram model prefix indicates radio bands - ie: SGA is Stereogram All-Wave, SGD is Stereogram Dual-Wave. SG means Stereo broadcast band radio only (stereo referring to the record player - radio was only mono. Dashes and spaces seem to be used in some places while not others - ie: SG1387 is the same as SG 13-87

Dating Murphy equipment is a little difficult due the codes not appearing to contain dating info.  Here is what can be seen from the models examined:

SGx61x (ie SG615, SGD618) radiograms seem to have run from 1959 through until 1961/62 and used Garrard Type A record changers (these were released approximately 1959)

The first digit or digits seems to reflect the number of active devices (ie: SG 14-32 has 14 transistors, SG615 has 6 valves)