• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 163795

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A7GT 1N5GT 1N5GT 1H5GT 3Q5GT 50Y6GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 105-125V AC/DC / 90 & 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57F 6561 Ch= 101.621-1 [late] - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.25 x 10.5 x 5.75 inch / 311 x 267 x 146 mm

• Notes

• Built in loop antenna. Tuning Band 540 to 1600 kc. See also Silvertone model 6561 Ch= 101.621 (-A) early.

• Price in first year of sale
• 21.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 12-55, 56, 58

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 205)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#181, Fall & Winter 1940/41, page 628. #182, Spring & Summer 1941, page 636B.)

• Author
• Model page created by Dirk Taekels. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3218 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)