• 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
• 48087

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 13

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6J7 6C5 6K7 6G5 6K7 6H6 6C5 6C5 6L6 6L6 5Y3G 5Y3G

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

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 20 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-433 "Movie Dial" Order= P162 B 433 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 26 x 42 x 14 inch / 660 x 1067 x 356 mm

• Notes
• BC (528-1830 kHz), TROP (1810-6350 kHz) and SW (6.3-22.0 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. Push-pull audio amplifier. Touch tuning electric drive.

• Price in first year of sale
• 90.95 $

• 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 11 = ca. 1940 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 11-3-4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, 11-10

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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1937/38, No.127, page 649. Spring/Summer 1938, No.128, page 461.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2289 models, 1458 with images and 1786 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