• 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
• 56864

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6U7G 6K8G 6U7G 6P5G 6U5 6P5G 6F5G 6P5G 6P5G 6P5G 6AC5G 6AC5G 5X4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6437 Ch= 101.576 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 33 x 35 x 14 inch / 838 x 889 x 356 mm

• Notes

• According to Beitman, the Silvertone 6337 and 6437 from Sears, Roebuch & Co. share the same chassis, number 101.576.

  Band coverage of the 7 bands is as follows:

  A	Broadcast	530	1520	kHz
  B	Police	1.5	5.2	MHz
  C	Shortwave	6	18	MHz
  D	Spread 1	5.7	6.5	MHz
  E	Spread 2	9.2	10.0	MHz
  F	Spread 3	11.6	12.2	MHz
  G	Spread 4	15.0	15.35	MHz

   

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3218 with images and 4192 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)