• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48077

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6K7 6C5 6K7 6G5 6Q7 6F6 5Z4MG

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

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / Either transformer: 60 cycles, 110V or 25 cycles, 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 62-418 "Movie Dial" Ch= 7LL Order= 462 C 418 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 22.5 x 15 x 9.75 inch / 572 x 381 x 248 mm

• Notes

• The Airline 62-418 is an AC operated 8 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver.

  BC (528-1730 kHz), TROP (1710-5800 kHz) and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) bands. 8 and 10 inch electro-dynamic speakers.

  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 are 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, 62-318 Airline 62-310, 62-311, 62-313, 62-327, 62-410, 62-411, 62-412, 62-427, 62-138, 62-377, etc

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before (Rider's 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, movie dial: 8-1 to 8-4)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1936/37, No.125, page 383 A.)

• 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