SilverTone Radio Evaluation part 1

[SpeakerFreak95]

another great video to add to the favorites.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks SpeakerFreak95

[gbowne1]

I'm guessing they couldnt get the batteries anymore so they put in a DC to AC converter.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Thanks gbowne1

The family is now using a battery eliminator. And listening to the Grand Ole Opry, as it was used for originally.

[maynardcat]

I'm not sure about  RCA or GE making electronics for Sears. I do know that Warwick Electronics made Sears televisions in the 1960's and 1970's

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Back then there were diverse manufactures agreements. One RCA radio I have was made by Westinghouse. It is just like today, what ever makes money. Thanks.

[OlegKostoglatov]

At the bottom of the plate on the back of the chassis it says R5927 COL. Made in USA. Warwick Manufacturing made many Silvertone sets but so did Stewart Warner and another company called Colonial. I suspect that the COL. stands for Colonial. As for the the reference to RCA, RCA was originally a patent pool jointly owned by G.E and Westinghouse who granted granted licenses to other manufacturers to use RCA circuits like the TRF, regenerative, and Superheterodyne.

[maynardcat]

Thanks for the information about Silvertone. This really clears up a lot of myths about who made Silvertone, and what I thought all along.

[chbitter]

i once made the mistake of cleaning an old tube with a cloth big mistake all the ink was gone. that was my first lesson

christian ,düsseldorf Germany

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I think that why after all these year I still like old radios, there's always something to learn about. This radio was a real basket case. Also had never seen a radio before that did not have a volume control, but it has a tone control. ???? It was a good challenge.

Rick

[raymondleeleggs]

solid state or tube?

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

It is a battery tube radio and the year is about 1931. This is the tube list: 30, 31, 31, 32, 32, 32.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Back then RCA made radios for a number of companies, Silvertone as in this case, RCA also made radios for GE at about this time. The earliest radio I have is a 1921 RCA Radiola RC, but RCA didn't make it, Westinghouse made it for RCA.

[coolbluelights]

Interesting, RCA and Silvertone were the same thing? I thought they were seperate companies.

[damusician]

i notice in the 60's and 70's that silvertone and ge were the samething too.

[force311999]

silvertone means that it was sold at sears.

silvertone is to rca is like saying Kenmore is to whirlpool