• 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
• 47610

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 12SQ7 35L6GT 35Z5GT

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

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Recording phonogr.-Disc Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cycles, 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.85 W (1.5 W max.)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 14BR-629A Order= P462 A 629 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 12.75 x 10 inch / 406 x 324 x 254 mm

• Notes

• The Airline 14BR-629A is an AC operated 6 tube combination record player, recorder, public address system and BC band receiver.  The BC band frequency tuning range is 535 to 1690kHz (Catalog states upper frequency is 1600kHz but service manual states 1690kHz).  Has built-in antenna, permeability tuning and lighted dial.  Also has brown leather-finished fabric covered cabinet.

  This model was manufactured for Montgomery Ward by the Belmont Radio Corporation.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Riders 13-19

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Airline Radio Service Manuals 1929-42 Volume II ((Pages 561-565, 653-658))

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1941/42, No. 135, page 864.)

• 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