• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56306

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6C5G 6L7G 6J7G 6K7G 6C5G 6C5G 6R7G 6C5G 6C5G 6N6G 6N6G 5X4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 18.9 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57DM 4488 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24 x 40 x 12.25 inch / 610 x 1016 x 311 mm

• Notes

• Features AVC, AFC, 2 position selectivity control.

  This receiver tunes 4 bands:

  	Name	From	To
  1	American	540	1500	kHz
  2	Police	1.5	4.5	MHz
  3	Foreign	6	11	MHz
  4	Foreign	10	18	MHz

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 79.50 $

• 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 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 8-45 to 53 , 56, 57

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 111)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 173, Fall & Winter 1936/37, page 617.)

• 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)