• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47604

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.8 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 14BR-526A Order= P462 A 526 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.2 x 7.75 x 6.75 inch / 284 x 197 x 171 mm

• Notes

• Speaker can be either permanent dynamic or electrodyn. Speaker is on the left side.

  Ivory plastic cabinet. Same model in brown: Model 14BR-525A.

• Price in first year of sale
• 11.25 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

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

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 858. Spring/Summer 1942, No. 136, page 698.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2289 models, 1458 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