• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953/1954 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58775

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 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 / AC/DC 117=110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 345 Easy-Goer Ch= 5C3 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• Sparton model 345 is an AC-DC  operated AM superheterodyne receiver.
  Available in three different colors.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 284.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 220, folder 9, dated 11-53)

• Other Models

• Here you find 853 models, 377 with images and 799 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan