• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47784

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6C6 6D6 37 37 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (MW), Police, sometimes also early TV (75-200m).

• 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 62-103 Order= 562 A 103, Ch= 07A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 17.25 x 12 inch / 406 x 438 x 305 mm

• Notes

• Wave bands: broadcast and police. Sold with Airline brand ("Airline 62-103)"). Information from Rider's 4-14 and 4-15 indicate ONLY BC band.

  Uses Wells Gardner chassis 07A.

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.50 $

• 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
• Rider's 4-14, 4-15

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

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 44.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring & Summer 1934 page 212)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2288 models, 1453 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