• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56104

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 6B5 1-V

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 25 cycles, 105-125V or 50-60 cycles, 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.15 W (3.7 W max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 1988 Ch= 101.408 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Notes

• The Silvertone 1988 is an AC operated 5 tube BC band receiver.  BC Band frequency range is 545-1800kHz.

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Colonial Radio Corp., Buffalo, NY (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 101).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 7-47, 48

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Silvertone Radios, Service Inf. 1928 thru 1936 (Pages 902 to 906)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5516 models, 3231 with images and 4225 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)