• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1950 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47571

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AT6 6AQ5 6X4

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5.25 inch = 13.3 cm

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 05FJB-6779B Chevrolet 1949-1950 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• Vibrator for +B

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 21, Copyright 1950

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1458 with images and 1788 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