• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48041

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8G 6J5G 6U7G 6Q7G 6U5 6K6G 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) / 117 = 105 to 130 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-370 Order= P462 A 370 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 19.9 x 11.25 x 9.75 inch / 505 x 286 x 248 mm

• Notes
• The Rider's schematic Page 10-13 is from June 1938 (A15-176) and shows 6 station buttons with Antenna and Osc. coils. Short wave is from 5.75 through 18.3 mc. The tube 6A8G is the first detector and the tube 6J5G is the oscillator. The same schematic is for models 62-370, 62-470 and 62-700 including models with phono integrated. 6 or 8 inch speaker.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (Rider's 10-13, 10-14, 10-15)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1938/39, No. 129, page 581.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1458 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