• 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
• 47606

• • 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).

• 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
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-531A Order= P462 C 531 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 8 x 6 inch / 305 x 203 x 152 mm

• Notes

• Wood, ivory lacquer finish.

  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

• Mentioned in
• Riders 14-17, 14-18

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 59.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 45.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1942/43, No. 137, page 932.)

• 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