• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1947/1948

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48358

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6SA7 6SK7 6SF7 6SJ7 6V6GT 6X5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Power out
• 2.3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 74WG-2704A Order= 62 A 2704 R - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 30 x 36.25 x 17 inch / 762 x 921 x 432 mm

• Notes
• Record Changer: VM Model 800.
  Photofact see under Trade name: Truetone.

• Price in first year of sale
• 119.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 17 = 1948 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 11-47, Set 28, Folder 4718-1)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1947/48, page 855.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2281 models, 1450 with images and 1779 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