• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47524

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 11

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6C6 6J5 6D6 6U5 76 76 76 41 41 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 04WG-1108A Order= P162 C1108 ch= 1A48 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 29 x 38.25 x 11.75 inch / 737 x 972 x 298 mm

• Notes
• BC (528-1600 kHz), TROP (1585-5800 kHz) and SW (5.35-18.3 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. Push-pull audio amplifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 36.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 13 = 1942 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1941, page 700.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2281 models, 1450 with images and 1770 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