• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 58898

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 6A7 78 78 6E5 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 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) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Sparton 766 - Sparks-Withington Co., Sparton

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• BC, TROP (1300-3800 kHz), SW1 (3.2-8.0 MHz) and SW2 (6.5-20.0 MHz) bands.

• 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 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Rider's 6-13, 6-14, 7-21)

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

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (July 1935 page 55. August 1935 page 63.)

• 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