Re: Vintage Sears Silvertone radio safety question
Having now tested reception in my garden I can confirm many stations are received.
Inside the house I could only really get R5 live, plus lots of buzzing interference from computers and various switched-mode converters. My Ravpower 3 port USB charger seemed the worst offender, although it was admittedly quite close - this obliterated the band.
A second test of the Silvertone at my parents house (larger garden, fields on 2 sides) showed at least 10 stations could be received loud and clear without external antenna with more coming in with a short wire antenna, no buzzing at all in this location.
My conclusion:
Nice compact and thermally efficient short superhet set, -best suited for rural areas /low tech households. Needs a conventional iron step down transformer to 110v
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