• 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
• 56760

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 6U7G 6J5G 6J5G 6U5 6F5G 6Y6G 6W5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57L 6252 Ch= 101.535 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.625 x 12.375 x 10 inch / 549 x 314 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Two tuning bands, one for American stations, 545 to 1730 k.c., foreign and short wave band from 6 to 18 m.c. Electronic tuning eye insures correct manual tuning.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Magnetofony 1, 1956-1970, Bozdech J.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-10, 19, 20, 27

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 165)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 178, Spring & Summer 1939, page 679.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5478 models, 3209 with images and 4184 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)