• 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
• 56885

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K8G 6U7G 6J5G 6F5G 6U5 25L6 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 / 100-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 1.4 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57DM 6493 Ch= 101.570 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 22 x 44 x 11 inch / 559 x 1118 x 279 mm

• Notes

• It looks like a bookshelf. Broadcast 550 to 1600 kc. 5 Push Button Tuning.

• Price in first year of sale
• 42.95 $

• 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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 11-58

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 180, 186)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#179, Fall & Winter 1939/40, page 927. #180, Spring & Summer 1940, page 542.)

• 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)