• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57190

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 6C4 12BE6 12BA6 12BA6 6AQ6 12H6 50L6GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)     9 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.25 inch = 13.3 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 8020 Ch=132.841 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.25 x 8.375 x 8.1875 inch / 362 x 213 x 208 mm

• Notes

• Selenium Rectifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 47.50 $

• 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 18 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition (Machine Age to J. Vol.3 Stein 99)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 09, 1949

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#197, Fall & Winter 1948/49, page 873.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 43, Date 8/48, Folder 4813-17)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5471 models, 3201 with images and 4174 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)