• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1951–1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 86368

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50C5 35W4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• 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 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 6 Ch= 132.881 Order=57K 06 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.25 x 6.5 x 5.25 inch / 286 x 165 x 133 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 6 is an AC/DC operated 5 tube BC band receiver.  BC band tuning range is 540 to 1600kHz.  Uses chassis 132.881.  Has built-in loop antenna and lighted dial with gold color metal grille.

  The following radio's use the same chassis and schematic:

  Model	Cabinet Color
  Silvertone 5	Brown
  Silvertone 6	Ivory

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.95 $

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 12, 1952

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 9-51, set 144, folder 10)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 12, 1952 (Page 118)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1951, page 646. Fall & Winter 1952/53, page 856.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Mid-Season/Fall 1951, page 288. Fall/Winter 1951, page 796.)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)