• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1946–1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57232

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1L4 1S5 1LB4 117Z3

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 105-125; 6; 67,5 Volt

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

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 8260 Ch= 101.823 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.375 x 8.375 x 3.5 inch / 162 x 213 x 89 mm

• Notes

• This Silvertone model is without batteries.

  The Silvertone model 8261 is with batteries, $ 29.20.

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 22, covering 1951

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 16 = covering late 1946 to early 1947

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#198, Spring & Summer 1949, page 628.)

• 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)