• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56803

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6U7G 6Q7G 6J5G 6U5 25L6G 25L6G 25Z6G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Power out
• 3.7 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57DM 6335 Ch= 101.573 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27.5 x 33.5 x 10.5 inch / 699 x 851 x 267 mm

• Notes

• Speaker 8 or 10 inch. American stations tune from 550 to 1700 kc, Local and State police from 2.3 to 2.6 mc, short Wave and Foreign from 6 to 18 mc and the famous "Spread Band" from 9.4 to 9.85 mc.

• Price in first year of sale
• 38.95 $

• 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
• The Complete Price Guide to Antique Radios: Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-63, 64

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 168, 184)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#179, Fall & Winter 1939/40, page 924. #180, Spring & Summer 1940, page 541A.)

• 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)