• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57321

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6U7G 6K8G 6U7G 6J5G 6U5 6Q7G 6Q7G 6V6G 6V6G 5Y3G

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

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

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 10 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57HM R5501 B Ch= 101.618-1A - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 34.125 x 34.25 x 17.125 inch / 867 x 870 x 435 mm

• Notes

• Chassis 101.618-1A is identical with 101.618 except for different shaft lenghts and different cabinet and appearance items. Note: no recorder as erroneously stated in Stein's PWC, see also Silvertone model 5601, model R5501 A, model R5501 B or model R5501.

• Price in first year of sale
• 79.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 12-37, 38

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 209)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#182, Spring & Summer 1941, page 632.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5467 models, 3201 with images and 4173 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)