• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941–1943

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47602

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-523A Order= P462 A 523 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 18 x 14.75 x 12.75 inch / 457 x 375 x 324 mm

• Notes

• BC (535-1690 kHz) band. Permeability tuning.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 13-14

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 864. Fall/Winter 1942/43, No. 137, page 933.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1786 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