• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 77294

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 7F8 6BA6 6BA6 7A6 7B6 7C5 7Y4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)     8 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 8108A Ch= 101.851 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Notes
• The Silvertone model 8108A from Sears, Roebuck & Co. builds according to Photoshop (Date 6-49, 4912-10, set 64, folder 10) with its technical data the following family: 8107A, 8108 and 8108A with chassis 101.851 and 8109 with chassis 101.851-1. They all are AC operated combination phono-radios with AM-FM receiver and loop antenna.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 9, 1949

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 6-49, 4912-10, set 64, folder 10)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3219 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)