• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56793

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6U7G 6J5G 6F5G 25L6G 25Z6G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57D 6321 Ch= 101.571 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.8 x 8.4 x 6.5 inch / 376 x 213 x 165 mm

• Notes

• Foreign reception on short waves comes in on the 6 to 18 mc band while all Americand and Canadian stations are tuned on the 550 to 1600 kc band.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 172, 188)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Riders 11-57)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#179, Fall & Winter 1939/40, page 928. #180, Spring & Summer 1940, page 544.)

• 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)