• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1960/1961 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88396

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Transistors
• 5

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 3 x 1.5 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone All Transistor 500 1212 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7 x 4 x 2 inch / 178 x 102 x 51 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 1212 is a battery operated 5 transistor portable BC band radio.  Uses Qty(3) 1.5V "C" type batteries. Has push-pull output stage and earphone jack that disconnects the speaker for private listening.

  The following models use the same schematic:

  Model	Cabinet Color
  1212	Jet Black
  1213	Malibu Coral
  1214	Ice Blue

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Warwick Electronics, Chicago Ill. (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 528).

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.50 $

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall/Winter 1960, page 1310.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3219 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)