• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48245

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 58 56 58 55 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 262 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-97 Order= 562 D 97 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.25 x 13 x 8.75 inch / 311 x 330 x 222 mm

• Notes

• Separate oscillator - tube 56.

• Price in first year of sale
• 24.95 $

• 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 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 01, 1926-1938

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 44.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 43.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall and Winter 1933/34 page 282)

• Other Models

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