• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58644

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6J7G 25L6G 25Z6G

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• BK55BJ

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115; 230 Volt

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

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 5008 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

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

• Notes
• 115V operation with ballast tube BK55BJ, 230V with BK168-B12 (or BK16B-B12?).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 10-27

• 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