• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1950–1953

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56134

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

• 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
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC 117=110-120/ 67,5 & 3 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.4375 inch = 8.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.15 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 215 Ch= 528.174 Order=57E 0215 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.25 x 7 x 4.875 inch / 210 x 178 x 124 mm

• Notes

• The Silvertone model 215 with chassis 528.174 is a three power operated portable superheterodyne receiver with loop antenna. It requires 2 "A"-batteries Eveready 950 or Burgess 2R for 3 volt and a 67.5 V "B"-battery Eveready 467 or Burgess XX45. Color= Burgundy, also available in Arbor Green (model 218) or in Glacier Gray (model 217).

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 21, Copyright 1950

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (5th edition) (Machine Age to J.Vol.3 Stein 99)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 11, 1951 (SAMS Photofact Date 12-50, set 117, folder 13)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 117, Folder 13 dated 12-50)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1951, page 648. Fall & Winter 1952/53, page 858.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall/Winter 1950, page 743. Fall/Winter 1951, page 798. Mid-Season/Fall 1951, page 289.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5478 models, 3209 with images and 4184 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)