• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48480

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6K7 6T7G 6G6G 6ZY5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Storage batteries (perhaps also batteries) / 6 & 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 93BR-564A Order= P462 C 564 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.25 x 8.75 x 6.75 inch / 362 x 222 x 171 mm

• Notes
• BC (535-1735 kHz) band with 6 station buttons. Built-in vibrator for B+, built-in rectifier for AC line power.

• Price in first year of sale
• 21.95 $

• 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 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 10-4, 10-54, 10-58

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1939/40, No. 131, page 659. Spring/Summer 1940, No.132, page 540.)

• 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