Sparton Equasonne Model 931 ?!?

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Originally Posted by toxcrusadr

My impression is that during that time period things changed frequently and you sometimes see the same chassis in two different cabinets. That certainly looks original to me. Atwater Kent was famous for offering different cabinets, made by others such as Kiel, Red Lion etc. for their radios. I'm not a Sparton expert but it doesn't seem all that strange. Nice radio you got. Does that use those weird 400 series tubes?

Thanks, I hope to get it running if I can ever find the time

I contacted Mike who runs this Equasonne site regarding my set. He's never seen a cabinet quite like it but says it not the normal 931 cabinet.

Yes, it's supposed to use six matched Cardon 484 tubes, an 80 rectifier and two 182 output tubes. However, mine came with a mish-mash of tubes. Some 484s, some 27s and some unlabeled. I've since found a couple 484s so maybe that's enough to get it running.

The main challenge I think is going to be restuffing the oddball capacitors in the 6-stage amplifier unit.