• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58513

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50L6GT 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 132 Football Ch= 5A10 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 6 x 5.75 inch / 330 x 152 x 146 mm

• Notes
• The Sparks Model Sparton 132 is an AC/DC Operated 5 Tube AM Superheterodyne Receiver with Loop Antenna.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 5-50, Set 94, Folder 10)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 282.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 773 models, 361 with images and 720 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan