• 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
• 56886

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6H6G 6F5G 6V6G 6X5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6494 Ch= 110.982-1A - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 25 x 16.375 inch / 610 x 635 x 416 mm

• Notes

• It looks like a Butterfly Table made in 1740. Broadcast 530 to 1730 kc.(includes some police calls).

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-69

• 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)