• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48076

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J7 6C5 6K7 6Q7 6G5 6F6 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-417 "Movie Dial" Order= P162 B 417 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 25 x 40 x 11.75 inch / 635 x 1016 x 298 mm

• Notes
• BC (528-1830 kHz) and SW (5.75-19.8 MHz) bands. Bandfilter input circuits for BC band. Tuning eye. Movie dial with electric drive panel.

• Price in first year of sale
• 54.95 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 11-17, 11-6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -13, -18

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Pre-War Consoles

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1937/38, No.127, page 647.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2311 models, 1469 with images and 1808 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