• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58859

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 37 6D6 6D6 85 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 172.5 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW) and Tropical/Marine/Police Band(s) = 150-200m.

• 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 72 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes

• 6-legged lowboy with stretcher base.

• 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 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Rider's 4-13, 7-2)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (September 1933 page 55.)

• 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