• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1950/1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 55883

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7GT 12SA7GT 12SK7GT 12SQ7GT 35A5 or 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117V = 105 -125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 16 Ch= 132.844-1 Order=57E 016 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.75 x 7.375 x 7 inch / 324 x 187 x 178 mm

• Notes

• Case in ivory color. See the many different chassis for this same cabinet and where they come from.

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 $

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 141, folder 12, dated 8-51)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1951, page 646. Fall/Winter 1951, page 796.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall/Winter 1950, page 741. Mid-Season/Fall 1951, page 288.)

• 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)