• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1965 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 94736

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 1 x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.25 inch = 5.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Seven Transistor 6202 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 62 x 102 x 36 mm / 2.4 x 4 x 1.4 inch

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 6202 is a battery operated, 8 transistor portable AM radio.  AM band frequency tuning range is 540-1620kHz.  Has push-pull output stage and earphone jack that disconnects the speaker for private listening.  Cabinet is plastic with silver-gold color trim.  When sold, included black leatherette case, earphone and battery.

  The radio is labeled as having 7 transistors, but it actually has 8 transistors, with the 8th transistor used in a diode configuration in the detector circuit (The emitter is not connected).

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet, but have different cabinet colors:

  Model	Cabinet Color
  6202	Black
  6203	Mist Blue
  6204	Tangerine

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Noblitt-Sparks Ind. (Arvin), Columbus, Indiana (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 132).

  Made in Hong Kong.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.180 kg / 0 lb 6.3 oz (0.396 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 8.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 26, 1966

• Mentioned in
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring/Summer 1966, page 786)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact TSM Transistor Radio Series SAMS (TSM-65, Jan 1966. pages 121 - 124)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5464 models, 3199 with images and 4169 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)