• 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
• 47620

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SJ7 12J5GT 12SK7 6T7G 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

• 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
• AC/DC-set / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.7 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-734A Order= P462 A 734 [walnut] - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13.75 x 8.25 x 7 inch / 349 x 210 x 178 mm

• Notes

• BC (540-1600 kHz) and SW (9.0-12.0 MHz) bands.

   

  Colours and material:

  model 734: brown bakelite

  model 735: ivory finish

• Price in first year of sale
• 18.95 $

• 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
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 36.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 859. Spring/Summer 1942, No. 136, page 698.)

• 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