• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1959/1960

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 153370

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• 2N194 2N233 2N233 2N306 2N1059 2N1059

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / C: 6 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Transistor 600 217 Ch= 528.53650 Order=57K217 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7.5 x 5 x 3 inch / 191 x 127 x 76 mm

• Notes

• The Sears, Roebuck & Co Model Silvertone Transistor 600 (model 217) is a Battery operated Portable Transistorized AM Receiver.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.9 kg / 1 lb 15.7 oz (1.982 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 1-60, Set 469, Folder 19)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring/Summer 1960, page 929.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5513 models, 3228 with images and 4222 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)