• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1945–1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47754

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT

• 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
• AC/DC-set / 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.9 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 54BR-1503A Order= 62 C 1503M - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.625 x 6.75 x 6.125 inch / 270 x 171 x 156 mm

• Notes

• 4" x 6" PM elliptical speaker. Sams photofact Set 3, folder 463-4 date 8-46 features the Montgomery Airline models 54BR1503A, 54BR1503B, 54BR1503C, 54BR1504A, 54BR1504B and 54BR1504C as the same schematic.

  Model 1503 is with Walnut Finish. Model 1504 with Ivory Finish.

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.50 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 3 folder 463-4 date 8-46)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1947, page 666. Fall/Winter 1947/48, page 859.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2284 models, 1451 with images and 1782 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