• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1934/1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 89377

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 951 230 951 951 950 52_Ballast

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 480 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 to 3.3V & -3V & -4.5V & 135 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 1852 Worlds Fair 6-Tube Battery Order= 57FM 1852 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18.5 x 17.5 x 13.3 inch / 470 x 445 x 338 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 1852 is a battery operated 5 tube BC band receiver. Uses ballast tube type 52.

  The chassis and schematic used in this model is also used in models 1711A, 1744, 1745, 1853 and 7090A. Riders Sears 5-5, 6 schematic is for model 1711A but Sears Silvertone Service Manual 1928 thru 1936 confirms that models 1711A and 1852 use the same schematic, thus Riders schematic is valid for this model.

  Catalog states: Side front panels of matched striped walnut veneer; instrument panel of sliced walnut veneer; remainder walnut finished.

  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).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.3 kg / 18 lb 4.5 oz (18.282 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 26.95 $

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 259.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before (Riders Sears 5-5, 6)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 82, 86)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 169, Fall & Winter 1934/35, page 533. #170, Spring & Summer 1935 page 474.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Silvertone Radios, Service Inf. 1928 thru 1936 (Pages 351 to 352)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 5488 models, 3220 with images and 4196 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)