• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1952–1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 85403

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 or 12AV6 50C5

• 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
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 25BR-1549B - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Clock ((Alarm-) Clock Radio).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.625 x 6 x 5.125 inch / 295 x 152 x 130 mm

• Notes

• According to SAMS Photofact 212-5 from August 1953 the chassis 4D16-A was first used for the models CR41, CR41-A (both Mahogany), CR42, CR42-A (both Ivory), CR43, CR43-A (both in Red) with the same cabinet - and for Western Auto models Truetone D2216A and D2217A. Built in loop antenna, single Selenium Rectifier. The manual of 1952 "most-often-needed radio diagrams" shows under Montgomery Ward also the Airline Clock Radios models 15BR-1548A, 15BR-1549A, 25BR-1548B and 25BR-1549B for this chassis, which are documented in Photofact 191-3 from January 1953.

  Raytheon used its chassis 4D16-A tater also for three Alarm-Clock Radio models with the same cabinet in different colors: Model C-50B is in Walnut, Model C-51W is in White and Model C-52R is in Red. See also Beitman volume R-16 from 1956.

• Price in first year of sale
• 32.00 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 12, 1952

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 1-53, Set 191, Folder 3)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1952, page 598 & 599. Fall/Winter 1954/55, page 666 & 667.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1787 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