• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 55494

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12A8GT 12K7GT 12Q7GT 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• 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
• AC/DC-set / 30 Watts, AC 25 to 60 cycles or DC, 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6406 Ch= 101.566-2 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7.75 x 5.375 x 4.625 inch / 197 x 137 x 117 mm

• Notes

• This model family consists of Silvertone 6403 in Black, Silvertone 6404 in Ivory, Silvertone 6405 in Walnut and this model with a wooden Walnut cabinet, Silvertone 6406. Tuning Band is broadcast 550 to 1600 kHz (kc). The different chassis versions and the details about this model: See this text. Speaker field fo 450 ohms for loudspeaker with 50 volts drop.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-85, 86

• 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)