• 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
• 47998

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6K7 6C5 6K7 6G5 6Q7 6F6 5Z4MG

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 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 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-318 "Movie Dial" - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 22 x 13 x 10 inch / 559 x 330 x 254 mm

• Notes

• BC (528-1730 kHz), TROP (1710-5800 kHz) and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) bands. With movie (projection) dial and tuning eye. 8 or 10 inch speaker.

  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 are 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

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Rider's 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, movie dial: 8-1 to 8-4)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2289 models, 1458 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