• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955–1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 234647

• • 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) / Either 60 cycles, 110 to 120V or DC 110 to 120V or batteries 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 8214 Ch= 528.33300 Order=57D 8214 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.5 x 6.5 x 3 inch / 267 x 165 x 76 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 8214 is an AC/DC/Battery operated 4 tube portable BC band receiver.  Has built-in loop stick antenna. Cabinet color is Brown.

  Sams list only models 6217 and 6218, however model 6216 is similar except for the cabinet color (which is Gray), and models 8214 and 8215 are also similar except for cabinet style and color.  Thus Sams schematic can be used for this model.

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet but have different cabinet colors:

  Model Number	Cabinet Color
  8214	Brown
  8215	Green

  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. This model was manufactured for Sears by Warwick Electronics Inc., Chicago, Ill (Sears Manufacturer Source Number Code 528).

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.95 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 1-56, set 303, folder 13)

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

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. 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)