• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48329

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SK7 12SA7 12SF7 12SJ7 35L6GT 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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 74WG-1509A Order= 62 C 1509M - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.5 x 8 x 6.375 inch / 318 x 203 x 162 mm

• Notes

• 4" x 6" PM elliptical speaker.

  Walnut finish. Same Model in ivory: Model 1510.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 27, Folder 4717-1)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2289 models, 1458 with images and 1786 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