• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56659

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6K7 6J7 25A6G 1-V

• 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) / 34 watts, 50 to 60 cycles, 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.85 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6110 Rocket Order= 57K 6110 Ch= 101.508 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 6.5 x 6.625 inch / 305 x 165 x 168 mm

• Notes

• The Silvertone model Rocket with chassis 101.508 from Colonial was available in "gleaming Black" as model 6110, in Ivory as model Model 6111 and in Mottled Walnut as model 6109. Rider's 10-62, a schematic 57 RL 122 from July 1, 1938 names only the models 6110 and 6111. Speaker field is 1750 ohms. Direct tuning, 2-gang tuning condenser. One untuned RF stage, push button tuning for 6 stations on top. Broadcast from 545 to 1720 kHz. Undistorted output 0.85 watts, max. 1.6 watts. For an extra of $ 1 DC or 25 cycle operation.

• Price in first year of sale
• 11.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (Machine Age to J.Vol.3 Stein 99)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The compl. PriceG. TTR4, Stein 03 ; Riders 10-62, 78

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 152, 164)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 177, Fall & Winter 1938/39, page 708. #178, Spring & Summer 1939, page 678.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5472 models, 3203 with images and 4177 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)