• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948–1950

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57279

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1L4 1U5 117Z3 1LB4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 6; 67,5; 117 Volt

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

• Power out
• 0.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 9260 Ch= 101.850 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 6.75 x 9.25 x 4 inch / 171 x 235 x 102 mm

• Notes

• Without battery. The Silvertone model 9261 is with battery, $27.39.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6 lb 0 oz (6 lb) / 2.724 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.00 $

• 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 19 = 1949 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age III

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#197, 1948/49 page 872. #198, 1949 page 628. #199, 1949/50 page 769. #200, 1950 page 604.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3218 with images and 4192 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)