• 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
• 55551

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12K7GT 12F5GT 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• TRF with regeneration

• Tuned circuits
• 2 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Power out
• 0.85 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57D 6401 Ch= 101.565 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.3125 x 4.75 x 4.375 inch / 160 x 121 x 111 mm

• Notes

• This Silvertone belongs to a family with only different colors: The Sears Silvertone model 6400 is in Black, model 6401 is in Ivory and model 6402 is in Walnut.

• Price in first year of sale
• 6.49 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 145.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-91

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 171, 189)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#179, Fall & Winter 1939/40, page 926. #180, Spring & Summer 1940, page 545.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5479 models, 3211 with images and 4185 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)