• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Silver Mfg. Co.; Chicago

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 137204

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silver 159 - Silver Mfg. Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10 x 10 x 6 inch / 254 x 254 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Circular wooden cabinet with "Silver" name plate. See also the "Silver 159 Circle".

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 lb 0 oz (9 lb) / 4.086 kg

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Volume II; page 354 - note ca. 1937.)

• Author
• Model page created by Robin Roeckers. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 54 models, 54 with images and 1 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Silver Mfg. Co.; Chicago