• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 79988

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• Number of Tubes
• 15

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6A8G 6J7G 6K7G 6E5 6K7G 6H6G 6Q7G 6J5G 6R7G 6C5G 5Y3G 2A3 2A3 5X4G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• 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 1568 Selectronne - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27.25 x 43.5 x 13 inch / 692 x 1105 x 330 mm

• Notes

• BC with six station push-buttons. Tuning eye, push-pull audio amplifier.

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

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

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles (Rider's 10-21, 10-22, 10-14)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 804 models, 364 with images and 751 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); Jackson, Michigan