• 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
• 48134

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8 6J7 25L6G 25Z6G

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• 62A

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 0.8 W (unknown quality)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 83-BR-502 Series A [ivory] - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 6.5 x 5 inch / 241 x 165 x 127 mm

• Notes

• BC (530-1720 kHz) band with 6 pushbutton station selectors.

  Stein calls it only 502.

  Model	Cabinet
  62-501	Brown bakelite
  62-502	Painted ivory

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 9.95 $

• 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 10 = 1939 and before (Rider's 10-4, 10-22)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (p.279)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Machine Age to Jet Age Vol.4

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 45.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1939, No.130, page 565.)

• 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