• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936–1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48072

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 34 32 30 34 34 30 30 30 30 30

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / -10.5 & 2 & 135 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-412 "Movie Dial" Order= 162 C 412 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 22.5 x 37.5 x 12 inch / 572 x 953 x 305 mm

• Notes

• BC (528-1730 kHz), TROP (1710-5800 kHz) and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) bands. Separate oscillator tube (30). Push-pull audio amplifier.

  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, 62-327, 62-410, 62-411, etc.

  Model Airline 62-412 "Movie Dial" is with Dry "A" Battery. Same Model with Storage 2-Volt "A" Battery: Model Airline 62-410 "Movie Dial".

• Price in first year of sale
• 70.95 $

• 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 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = covering up to late 1942 (C=1944) (Rider's 14-109, 14-110, 14-111, movie dial: 8-1 to 8-4)

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

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1937/38, No.127, page 652.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1936/37, No.125, page 386. Spring/Summer 1937, No.126, page 404.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1787 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