• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1955–1957

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 121006

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• 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 / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline GSE-1621A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch / 254 x 140 x 140 mm

• Notes

• Model Airline GSE-1620A: Ivory

  Model Airline GSE-1621A: Maroon

  Model Airline GSE-1622A: Light Sand (Tan)
  
  AC-DC Operated AM Superheterodyne Receiver.

• Price in first year of sale
• 17.50 $

• Mentioned in
• Set 317 Folder 2

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (1955, page 716 & 717. Fall/Winter 1956/57, page 786.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 317 Folder 2 dated 5-56)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 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