• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58523

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BE6 12AT7 6BA6 6BA6 6AV6 6AL5 6V6GT 5Y3GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456/10700 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 - 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 141A Ch= 8L10 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes
• Two 6 1/8" x 9" PM elliptical speaker.
  The Sparks Model Sparton 141A is an AC Operated 8 Tube FM/AM Superheterodyne Receiver with Loop Antenna.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 21, Copyright 1950

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 4-50, Set 92, Folder 6)

• 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