• Year
  • 1935/1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 57076
    • Brand: Silvertone

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); 1 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 2 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / Either 25 to 60 cycles AC, 105-125V or DC 105-125 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Silvertone 7166X - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago
  • Notes
  • The Silvertone 7166X is an AC/DC operated 4 tube BC band receiver.  Uses Ballast tube "55B2".

    The Sears Silvertone Radios Service Manual lists the first tube as type 6K7, while Riders 7-63 lists the first tube as type 6D6.

    See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Corona Radio and Television Corp., Chicago, Ill (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 104).

     

  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before

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