• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1935/1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47868

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6K7 76 6K7 6K7 76 76 45 45 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

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

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Power out
• 5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-179 Order= 162 A 179 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.5 x 39.25 x 10 inch / 546 x 997 x 254 mm

• Notes

• BC (535-1720 kHz), TROP (1715-5800 kHz) and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) bands. Push-pull audio amplifier

  Walnut veneer cabinet.

• Price in first year of sale
• 57.95 $

• 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 6 = 1935 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 6-31, 6-32, 6-33, 6-34

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

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1935/36, No.123, page 418.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 with images and 1788 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