• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47909

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 85 43 6A6

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Direct Current supply (DC) / 32 Volt

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

• Power out
• 0.25 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-229 Order= 462 C 229 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.5 x 16.5 x 10.5 inch / 368 x 419 x 267 mm

• Notes
• Farm Radio

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 $

• 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 7 = 1936 and before

• Mentioned in
• Machine Age to Jet Age III (Rider's 7-23, 7-24, 7-25)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1936/37, No.125, page 386. Spring/Summer 1937, No.126, page 404.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1787 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