• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947–1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 57184

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7GT 12SQ7GT 50L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 2.3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 8000 Ch= 132.838 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8 x 6 x 5.25 inch / 203 x 152 x 133 mm

• Notes

• The model Silvertone 8000 from Sears, Roebuck & Co. with chassis 132.838 is an AC-DC operated superheterodyne receiver. Photofact see under Trade name: Silvertone.

  Ivory painted bakelite.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3 lb 0 oz (3 lb) / 1.362 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 14.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 1-48, Set 31, Folder 481-29)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 271.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#197, Fall & Winter 1948/49, page 873.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5482 models, 3214 with images and 4188 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)