• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1948–1957 ??

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 96538

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R4 1U4 1U5 3V4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries

• 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 8212 Order=57D 8210 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10 x 5.75 x 3 inch / 254 x 146 x 76 mm

• Notes

• Sears, Roebuck & Co., USA - in Canada Simopsons-Sears Ltd. - use Silvertone as a brand name. This Model of a "Battery Portable" has been sold as Silvertone 8210 in brown, Silvertone 8211 in blue and as Silvertone 8212 in red.

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Fall/Winter 1957, page 1005. Spring/Summer 1958, page 851.)

• 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)