• 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
• 56818

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7G 1N5G 1N5G 1H5G 1A5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 90 & 2 or 1.4 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.18 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57D 6356 Ch= 101.578 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.25 x 10.625 x 10.75 inch / 438 x 270 x 273 mm

• Notes

• This model was sold without batteries. Broadcast 550 to 1700 kc. See also model 6357 and model 6358.

• 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 176, 192)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Riders11-79)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#179, Fall & Winter 1939/40, page 932. #180, Spring & Summer 1940, page 548.)

• 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)