• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47520

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6U5 6J5GT 6F6G 6F6G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 04BR-907A Order= P162 B 907 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27.5 x 41.25 x 12 inch / 699 x 1048 x 305 mm

• Notes
• BC (540-1600 kHz), SW1 (5.9-6.1 MHz), SW2 (9.1-13.0 MHz), SW3 (11.4-12.1 MHz) and SW4 (14.9-15.4 MHz) bands. Six pushbutton station selectors. Tuning eye. Push-pull audio amplifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 47.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1940/41, No. 133, page 700. Spring/Summer 1941, page 701.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1787 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL