• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56433

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6K7G 6B6G 6V6G 6U5 6X5G

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57F 4663 Ch= 101.471 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.3125 x 15.5 x 9.375 inch / 313 x 394 x 238 mm

• Notes

• Stein remarks 7 tubes and 3 bands. Maybe there were two versions - or one is in error.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.95 $

• 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 18 = 1949 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 123, 139)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 265.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 175, Fall & Winter 1937/38, page 656. #176, Spring & Summer 1938, page 465.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 247.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5477 models, 3208 with images and 4182 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)