Airline 62-311 "Movie Dial"
Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airline); Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1936
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 47991
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- Brand: Airline or Air-Line
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- Number of Tubes
- 11
- 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) / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Airline 62-311 "Movie Dial" - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Notes
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BC (528-1730 kHz), TROP (1715-5800 kHz) and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. Push-pull audio amplifier.
The model is made by Wells Gardner, showing here the "movie dial". There is a drum with 35mm film, imprinted with the dial scale and stations that arte then projected onto the front dial glass and move from one side to the other as the drum is turned. Each of the three bands show a different color. The tuner offers a fine and coarse adjustment with a tuning eye. There is also dial indicated tone and volume controls.
See also some other models with the "movie dial" like the console Airline 62-308, Airline 62-310, 62-318, 62-311, 62-313, 62-327, 62-410, 62-411, 62-412, 62-427, 62-138, 62-377, 62-418, 62-273, 62-267, etc.
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before
- Mentioned in
- Rider's 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Pre-War Consoles
- Other Models
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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
Collections
The model Airline 62-311 "Movie Dial" is part of the collections of the following members.