• 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
• 48062

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6U7G 6J7G 6J5G 6U7G 6U5 6U7G 6H6 6F8G 6F6G 6F6G 6F6G 6F6G 5U4G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 9 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-403 "Movie Dial" Order= P162 A 403 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 27 x 42 x 13 inch / 686 x 1067 x 330 mm

• Notes
• 6 station selector pushbuttons for BC band. Tuning eye, push-pull audio amplifier using 2 x 2 6F6 tubes in parallel.

• Price in first year of sale
• 79.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 9-19, 9-59/60, 9-61, 11-6

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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1938/39, No. 129, page 583.)

• 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