• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1967 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 96002

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• 2SA352 2SA12 2SA12 2SA353 2SB75 2SB77 2SB77

• 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 / 1 x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 2.25 inch = 5.7 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 7 Transistor GEN-1158A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 67 x 116 x 39 mm / 2.6 x 4.6 x 1.5 inch

• Notes

• Hitachi transistors.

  Made in Japan 705

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.62 lb (0 lb 9.9 oz) / 0.281 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 7.95 USD

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 27, 1967-69 (last vol.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact TSM Transistor Radio Series SAMS (TSM-82 (June, 1967))

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (1967 Christmas Catalog, page 395)

• Author
• Model page created by Egon Penker. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 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