• 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
• 47605

• • 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

• 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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-530A Order= P462 C 530 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 8.5 x 6 inch / 305 x 216 x 152 mm

• Notes

• The Airline 14BR530A is an AC/DC operated 5 tube BC band receiver.  BC band tuning range is 535 to 1600kHz.  Has built-in loop antenna with provisions for connecting an external antenna.  Riders schematic shows speaker can be either electrodynamic (has field coil) or P.M. dynamic (without field coil).

  Parts list in Riders states that cabinet is Bakelite (Walnut or Ivory), however actual model has wooden cabinet.

  Model	Cabinet
  14BR530A	Brown finish
  14BR531A	Ivory finish

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 45.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1942/43, No. 137, page 932.)

• 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