• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1952 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 85394

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12AU6 12AV6 50C5 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / AC/DC 117V =110-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.9 W (1.8 W max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 15GSL-1564B - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 8.375 x 5.5 x 4.875 inch / 213 x 140 x 124 mm

• Notes

• The Montgomery Ward Airline 15GSL-1564B is an AC/DC operated 4 tube BC band receiver.  The BC band frequency tuning range is 540 to 1620kHz. Uses couplate in audio circuit.

  The following models use the same schematic and cabinet but have different cabinet colors:

  Model	Catalog Number	Cabinet Color	L2 Oscillator Coil
  15GSL-1564A	62 A 1564 M	White
  15GSL-1564B	62 A 1564 M	White	Different Coil
  15GSL-1565A	62 A 1565 M	Walnut
  15GSL-1565B	62 A 1565 M	Walnut	Different Coil
  15GSL-1566A	62 A 1566 M	Red
  15GSL-1566B	62 A 1566 M	Red	Different Coil
  15GSL-1567A	TBD	Light Green, Dark Green or Gray
  15GSL-1567B	TBD	Light Green, Dark Green or Gray	Different Coil

   

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 23 (last) = covering up to 1954 (Montgomery Ward Section, pages 23-11, 23-12, 23-13)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 169, Folder 3 dated 6-52)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 12, 1952 (Page 75)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 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