• 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
• 48007

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 34 1C6 34 34 30 30 19

• 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
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-327 "Movie Dial" - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• BC (528-1730 kHz), TROP (2300-6700 kHz) and SW (6.5 - 18.4 MHz) bands. Push-pull audio amplifier. 6 or 8 inch speaker. Vibrator for B+

  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, 62-311, 62-313, etc.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, movie dial: 8-1 to 8-4

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2291 models, 1459 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