• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955/1956

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 130152

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35L6GT 35W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117V = 105 -120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 5017 Ch= 757.15001 Order= 57K 5017 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.75 x 8 x 6.75 inch / 349 x 203 x 171 mm

• Notes

• The Silvertone models 5016 and 5017 with chassis 757.150 are AC-DC operated AM superheterodyne receivers. The cabinet is color Blonde Oak for one of the model numbers and Mahagony for the other - but we don't know yet how it corresponds. There is a loop antenna.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 2-56, set 305, folder 16)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring & Summer 1956, page 832. Spring/Summer 1955, page 778.)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. 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)