• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 55407

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D8G 1H4G 1D5GP 6T7G 6AB5 1F5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57H 4615 Ch= 100.157 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 10.125 x 8 inch / 445 x 257 x 203 mm

• Notes
• Same chassis as used in console model 4643, for schematic see model 4643. Farm radio. Vibrator for +B. Speaker 6 or 8 inch.

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 9-47, 48

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 143)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#176, Spring & Summer 1938 page 471.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5482 models, 3214 with images and 4188 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)