• 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
• 48493

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6P5G 6AD6G 6AC5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 93BR-715A Order= P462 C 715 Series A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.25 x 14.25 x 9 inch / 413 x 362 x 229 mm

• Notes
• 6 station push-buttons. Tuning eye. This Airline - a brand name of Montgomery Ward, Series A, Model 93BR-715A (93BR715A) is made by Belmont for Montgomery Ward & Co. in 1939.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.95 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (Rider's 11-32, 11-39)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 48.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1939/40, No. 131, page 652.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1458 with images and 1787 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