• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56671

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J8G 6U7G 6B6G 25B6G 6U5 25Z6G

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• BK42B

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / Either AC 25 to 60 cycles, 105 to 125V or DC 105 to 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.4 inch = 13.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.2 W (0.3 W max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6120A Ch= 101.546-1A - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 375 x 235 x 184 mm / 14.8 x 9.3 x 7.2 inch

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 6120A is an AC/DC operated 6 tube BC and SW band receiver.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band (Band AM).............540-1730kHz
  SW Band (Band SW)............5.95-18.2MHz

  Uses ballast tube BK42B and Tuning Eye tube 6U5.  Has dial light and two position tone control switch.

  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).

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 11 = ca. 1940 and before (Riders (Sears) 11-15 to 11-16)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5482 models, 3214 with images and 4188 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)