• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1931

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58532

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 35 35 27 35 27 47 80 27

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 172.5 kHz; 1 AF stage(s); Screengrid 1926-1935

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-130 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 15 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• Bandfilter input circuits. A green folder from Sparton Canada shows at least the models 6, 9A, 10, 15, 24, 26, 30, 35, 40 and the Sparton Visionola. Visionola was described early 1931.

• Price in first year of sale
• 99.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Rider's 2-8, 2-9)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Pre-War Consoles

• Other Models

• Here you find 804 models, 364 with images and 751 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan