• 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
• 47617

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6S7G 6S7G 6T7G 6G6G 6ZY5G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 6 & 105-125 AC Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 0.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-689A Order= P162 A 689 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 26.5 x 39 x 12.25 inch / 673 x 991 x 311 mm

• Notes
• BC (535-1750 kHz) and SW (5.3-18.5 MHz) bands. Built-in Vibrator for battery operation. 6 pushbutton station selectors.

• Price in first year of sale
• 44.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

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

• Mentioned in
• Riders 13-25, 13-26

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 868.)

• 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