• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 47977

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J7 6C5 6K7 6Q7 6G5 6F6 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-297 Order= P462 B 297 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 21.25 x 12 x 10.25 inch / 540 x 305 x 260 mm

• Notes
• BC (528-1830 kHz) and SW (5.75-19.8 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. 6 inch speaker on mantel, 8 inch on console models.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 25 lb (25 lb 0 oz) / 11.350 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 29.95 $

• 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 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 9-15, 9-16

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1937/38, No.127, page 647.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 with images and 1789 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