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mg196 04-25-2005 03:47 PM

Sparton tube radio identification please!
 
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My dad found this piece and we were wondering if anyone had any specifics on it:

mg196 04-25-2005 03:49 PM

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Here are the guts, followed by some close-ups of some tubes.

mg196 04-25-2005 03:56 PM

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Here are pics of a couple tubes.

mg196 04-25-2005 03:58 PM

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Last pic:

Tom Bavis 04-25-2005 06:13 PM

8W10 is covered in Sams folder 126, 1951. I'll see if I have it.

Tom Bavis 04-25-2005 08:52 PM

OK, I'm back from the basement, clutching a copy of the Sams folder. Made by Sparks-Withington, Jackson MI. Original will cost you a few first class stamps. A scan will cost you an email. tbavis(at)aol(dot)com

mg196 04-28-2005 07:18 AM

Hey Tom, could you give me an idea of what type of unit it would have been installed in? Console? Stand alone?

Additionally, is there a simple way to test if these tubes are functioning? Are they worth testing or are they standard run-o-the-mill?

Tom Bavis 04-28-2005 09:23 AM

It's a stand-alone - just hook up a FM antenna - but where's the speaker? Output transformer is probably mounted to the speaker... Tubes are pretty common. I would run it up with a variac or a light bulb in series just in case... adding a fuse is a REAL good idea too. Caps are more likely to be bad than the tubes.


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