• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1954/1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 91448

• • 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) / 117 AC;DC; 67,5; 3. Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.5 inch = 8.9 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 3218 Ch= 528.265 Order=57H 03218 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.75 x 7 x 3.5 inch / 248 x 178 x 89 mm

• Notes

• Selenium Rectifier. The Silvertone models 3215 (in Maroon), 3217 (in Gray) and 3218 (in Green) are similar. Without batteries.

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 14, 1954

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1954, page 772. Fall & Winter 1954/55, page 917.)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. 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)