• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58505

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 7L7 6SA7GT 6SK7GT 6SQ7GT 6AF6G 6P5G 6P5G 6P5G 6P5G 6AC5G 6AC5G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 1281 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes
• Push-pull audio amplifier with push-pull driver.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 12-14, 12-22

• Other Models

• Here you find 817 models, 365 with images and 754 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan