• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1945

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 231133

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

• 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) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.96 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 54BR-1502A [ivory] - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Notes

• Ivory finish.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 2 Folder26 date 7-46)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before (15-19)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 36.)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1458 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