• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1941/1942

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47596

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 14

• Valves / Tubes
• 6AB7 6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7 6U5 6SK7 6SK7 6SJ7 6H6 6SQ7 6J5GT 6V6GT 6V6GT 5U4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455/4300 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)     11 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, more than 2 SW bands plus FM or UHF.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 10 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-1400A Order= 162 C 1400 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

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

• Notes
• BC (5400-1600 kHz), SW1 (9.1-10.0 MHz), SW2 (11.4-12.1 MHz), SW3 (14.9-15.4 MHz) and FM (41.5-50.5 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. Push-pull audio amplifier.

• Price in first year of sale
• 86.50 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = 1944 = before 1943

• Mentioned in
• Riders 14-25, 14-26, 14-27, 14-28

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1941, page 700. Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 860.)

• 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