• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1957/1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 170886

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Transistors
• 6

• Semiconductors
• 2N140 2N139 2N139 2N109 2N109 2N109

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.75 inch = 7 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline GEN-1106A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 5.75 x 3.5 x 1.5 inch / 146 x 89 x 38 mm

• Notes
• The Montgomery Model Airline GEN-1106A is a Battery Operated Portable AM Transistorized Receiver.

• Price in first year of sale
• 40.00 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-58, Set 423, Folder 4)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1957/58, page 788.)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. 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