• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47815

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 58 57 57 2A5 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-140 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Notes
• Has a 60-cycle chassis that is similar to 62-148. 62-140X and 62-148X chassis are similar also but are 25-cycle sets. Pilot lamp is a 2.5-volt Mazda T41-G3 1/2. Wood, two-toned right and left front sides.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 34.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 45.)

• 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