Silvertone 4518 Streamliner Order= 57L 4518 Ch= 101.393

Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)

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  • Year
  • 1937–1939
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 56324
    • Brand: Silvertone

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • TRF without regeneration; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 2 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.98 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Silvertone 4518 Streamliner Order= 57L 4518 Ch= 101.393 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 9.75 x 7.25 x 5.75 inch / 248 x 184 x 146 mm
  • Notes

  • The Silvertone model Streamliner with chassis 101.393 from Colonial was available in black colored bakelite with Gold colored grille as model 4500, in Ivory as model 4505 and in Mottled Walnut as model 4518. Rider's 8-15, a schematic from May 1, 1936 is for the models 4414, 4415, 4500, 4505 and 4506. Autotransformer! Speaker field is 1750 ohms. Direct tuning, 2-gang tuning condenser. One untuned RF stage. Broadcast from 545 to 1720 kHz. Undistorted output 0.98 watts, max. 1.64 watts. We have no evidence for an earlier date for this model 4518, but keep it in the same time range of the model family - until we know that it was introduced later than the other two. There are also models with suffix A.

    This model family was designed by John R. Morgan in 1936 which won a price in October 1936 for "outstanding beauty" in the US "Modern Plastics Competition". The model first appeared as models 4414 in Ebony and 4415 in Ivory, already in "Plaskon" with the name "Election". But in the Sears catalog it is named as Bakelite! See also some summaries about Silvertone here.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 7.95 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 18 = 1949 and before

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