• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1954

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58597

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 360 "Table-Topper" Ch= 5B3 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Notes

• Charcoal color.

  This model was called the "Table-Topper" in 1953-54 Sparton ads, and was offered in 4 colors of which this red/charcoal combo was one.  A copy of the ad that shows all 4 color combinations can be seen in the pictures section of the separate radiomuseum listing for Sparton Table-Topper.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last), covering up to 1954

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953

• 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