• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1957/1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 89175

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1R5 1U4 1U5 3V4

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

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / AC/DC: 117=105-125 or Battery pack: 3 & 67.5 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 DUR-PAC 8218 Ch= 528.53110 Order=57D 8218 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 7 x 4.75 x 8.25 inch / 178 x 121 x 210 mm

• Notes

• Photofact shows the three models Silvertone 8217 as "case in "Tan" plastic", 8218 as "case in "Aqua" plastic" and 8219 as "case in "Coral" plastic". All have the same chassis number 528.53110, schematic and the same form of cabinet but show other colors.

• Price in first year of sale
• 28.50 $

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (set 388. folder 9, February 1958)

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

• Author
• Model page created by a member from D. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5477 models, 3208 with images and 4182 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)