• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88814

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 78 41 78 78 75 47 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 480 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either 25 cycle, 110V or 50-60 cycle, 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 1805 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 1805 is an AC operated 7 tube BC and SW band receiver.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band.............545-1765kHz
  SW Band............5.8-17.6MHz

  Chassis and schematic used in this model also used in models 1804, 1808, 1820 and 1826.

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Colonial Radio Corp., Buffalo, NY (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 101).

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 258.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before (Riders Sears 5-33, 34)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Silvertone Radios, Service Inf. 1928 thru 1936 (Pages 485 to 490)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 239.)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from D. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• 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)