• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56598

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 1C7G 1D5GP 1F7GH 1H4G 1H4G 1H4G 4A6G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 4 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 45 x 2 & 4 or 4.5 & 1.5 x 2 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 6048 Ch= 101.524-1 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20.875 x 13.875 x 11.5 inch / 530 x 352 x 292 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 6048 is a battery operated 7 tube BC and SW band receiver.  Uses Qty(2) 45 volt "B" batteries, Qty(1) 4.5 volt dry or Qty(1) 4.0 volt storage "A" battery, Qty(2) 1.5 volt "D" flashlight batteries (used for dial lamps).   Also uses Qty(3) 1.0 volt bias cells. Has six push-button tuning.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band.........................................545 - 1720kHz
  SW Band........................................6.0 - 18.0MHz
  SW Band (Foreign Spread Band)......9.4 - 9.7MHz

  The following models share the same chassis and schematic:

  Model	Batteries Shipped with Radio
  6048	4.5V Dry "A" Battery, Qty(2) 45V Dry "B" Batteries
  6049	4.0 Storage "A" Battery, Qty(2) 45V Dry "B" Batteries

   

  Catalog states: Beautiful modern cabinet combining sliced walnut and V-matched zebra wood veneers on front and ends, with top of selected walnut veneers.  

  Sears Catalog number was 57KM 6048

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Colonial Radio Corp., Buffalo, NY (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 101).

• Price in first year of sale
• 36.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Page 267)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (Page 218)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (Page 147)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 177, Fall & Winter 1938/39, page 701.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before (Riders 10-44, 45, 46, 58)

• 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)