• 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
• 48127

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7 6K8 6J5G 6K7 6U5 6J5G 6Q7G 6K6G 5Y3G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 465 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) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 10 inch = 25.4 cm

• Power out
• 3 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-490 Order= P162 A 490 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 23 x 40 x 11 inch / 584 x 1016 x 279 mm

• Notes
• BC (535-1720 kHz) band with 6 automatic station selector buttons. TROP (1.69-5.6 MHz) and SW (5.5-18.0 MHz) bands. Tuning eye. 6 or 10 inch speaker.

• Price in first year of sale
• 47.95 $

• 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 9-18, 9-47, 9-53, 9-54

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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1938/39, No. 129, page 582.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2293 models, 1461 with images and 1790 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