• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47822

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6F7 6D6 75 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 370 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-147 Series A, Order= 462 C 147 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.5 x 13.5 x 7.5 inch / 292 x 343 x 191 mm

• Notes

• BC (540-1720 kHz), SW1 (2.3-7.6 MHz) and SW2 (7.5-23.0 MHz) bands.

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 6-13, 6-14, 6-17

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 45.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring & Summer 1935 page 264)

• 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