• Year
  • 1936
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 56343
    • Brand: Silvertone

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Tuned circuits
  • 6 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 135 & 2 or 3 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm
  • Power out
  • 0.9 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Silvertone 4542 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • This model can use either with the 3 volt A battery (No. 5023P) and the 1P1 automatic battery economizer or the 2 volt A battery (No. 734) with plug adaptor instead of the 1P1 automatic battery economizer, for details see schematic.
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 7 = 1936 and before
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Riders 7-59, 60

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