• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1953/1954 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 227191

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117=110-120 / 3 & 67.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 2215 Ch= 528.238 Order=57D 02215 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.75 x 7 x 3.5 inch / 248 x 178 x 89 mm

• Notes

• Silvertone model 2215 is a three power portable superheterodyne receiver.
  Selenium Rectifier. The Silvertone model 2215 is in Maroon, the model 2217 in Gray and model 2218 in Green finish.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 13, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall & Winter 1953/54 page 888.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 219, folder 9, dated 10-53)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5602 models, 3252 with images and 4310 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)