• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sterling Telephone & Electric Co. Ltd.; London

• Year
• 1916

• Category
• Military transmitter

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 198846

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• Main principle
• Transmitter

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - - No sound reproduction output.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airborne Spark W/T Transmitter 1 - Sterling Telephone & Electric

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• Sterling Airborne Spark W/T Transmitter No 1;
  For RAF, 30 - 40 W for up to 10 miles.

  Powered from a 6V accumulator.

  The wavelength could be set from 100 to 260 metres.

  The first model produced was The Stirling Type 52 of which 1331 were produced.

  113 made by Stirling at a cost of 46 pounds 13 shillings. The remainder built by the War Department Factories at only 9 pounds 9 shillings.

  Improvements to this transmitter became this model and models 2 to 4, 3459 were produced.

  The difference between the Stirling 52 and later models was the fitting of a second coupling clip to the helix inductance.

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4 kg / 8 lb 13 oz (8.811 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 9.45 UK£

• Mentioned in
• HRSA Radiowaves, No. 23 January 1988 & No. 139 January 2017.

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 39 models, 33 with images and 6 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sterling Telephone & Electric Co. Ltd.; London