• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48064

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 1D7G 1D5G 1D5G 1F7G 1G5G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 2 & 90 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-405 Order= P662 B 405 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 20.5 x 11.75 x 10.5 inch / 521 x 298 x 267 mm

• Notes

• BC (535-1720 kHz) and SW (2.0-7.0 MHz) bands.

  Model 62-405 is with 2-Volt Storage "A" Battery. Same Model with Dry "A" Battery: Model 62-414.

• Price in first year of sale
• 23.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

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

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 9-22, 9-26

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1937/38, No.127, page 653. Spring/Summer 1938, No.128, page 462.)

• 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