• 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
• 47611

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SK7 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6K6GT 6X5GT

• 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
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.8 W (unknown quality)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 14BR-681A Order= M262 C 681 Car Radio - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• BC (540-1600 kHz) band. Built-in vibrator for B+

• Price in first year of sale
• 21.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Riders 13-21, 13-22

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1941, page 701. Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 867.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2291 models, 1459 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