• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58979

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 4AW17 and 4AW17-A [-] - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Notes

• One dial (primary tuning control knob)

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• 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