• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1945/1946

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47769

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SJ7 6J5 6SK7 6SK7 6SQ7 6V6GT 5Y3GT

• 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).

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 7.63 inch = 19.4 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 54WG-2500A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• Sams photofact folder 464-15, date 9-46 features the Airline models 54WG-2500A and 54WG-2700A as the same schematic. 54WG-2700A with automatic record changer.

• 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 (Collector's Guide to AR7.Ed. Slusser tube)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (464-15)

• 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