• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1949–1951

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56505

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7GT 12SA7GT 12SK7GT 12SQ7GT 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).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 117V = 110 -120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 53 Ch= 132.887 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21 x 31.25 x 15.375 inch / 533 x 794 x 391 mm

• Notes

• The Silvertone models 51 and 53 with chassis 132.887 are AC operated Radio-Phonograph Combination Superheteodyne Receivers with incorporated loop antenna.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 109.95 $

• 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 21, Copyright 1950

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 11-50, set 112, folder 8)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1951, page 645.)

• 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)