• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936–1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56257

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 76 48 48

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Direct Current supply (DC) / 32 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.32 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57D 4429 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.4 x 16.7 x 8.7 inch / 315 x 424 x 221 mm

• Notes
• Farm radio.

• Price in first year of sale
• 28.50 $

• 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 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 106, 117, 133)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (Riders 9-11, 12, 13)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 245.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#173, F & W 1936/37, page 612. #174, S & S 1937, page 433. #175, F & W 1937/38, page 665.)

• 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)