• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47861

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 1A6 32 32 33

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / -7.5 & 2 & 90 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• -Loudspeaker incorporated, but system not known.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-169 Order= 662 A 169 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.5 x 15.75 x 10.25 inch / 445 x 400 x 260 mm

• Notes

• Model 62-169 is with storage "A" battery. Same Model with dry "A" battery: Model 62-171.

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.95 $

• 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 7 = 1936 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition) (Rider's 7-12)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 59.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 47.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1935/36, No.123, page 421.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1786 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