• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1959

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 166217

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• 2N212 2N94 2N94 2N35 2N214 2N214

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.75 inch = 7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 9205 Ch= 132.43600 Order=57Y 9205 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 3.125 x 6.375 x 1.25 inch / 79 x 162 x 32 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone 9205 is a battery operated 6 transistor vertical shirt pocket AM radio.  AM band tuning range is 540 - 1650kHz.  A genuine leather carrying case was sold separately. Uses Qty(1) standard 9V battery. Has earphone jack which disconnects the speaker for private listening.

  The following models use the same chassis and schematic:

  Model	Cabinet Color
  9204	Harmony House Smoke Gray
  9205	Malibu Coral
  9206	Jet Black

  Note: The label on the inside of the radio shows a catalog number of 6418 that is inside the outline for the location of the battery.  This catalog number is for the 9V battery as is shown in the Sears Spring/Summer 1959 catalog.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.50 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 5-59, Set 441, Folder 15)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (Spring/Summer 1959, page 874.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5482 models, 3214 with images and 4188 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)