• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1938–1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48209

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 76 6D6 75 6U5 41 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-712 Order= 262 B 712 Ch= 83WG-704A - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 23 x 42 x 14 inch / 584 x 1067 x 356 mm

• Notes

• BC (528-1730 kHz) band with 6 station pushbuttons and SW (5.75-18.3 MHz) band. Tuning eye. 6 or 8 or 10 inch speaker.

• Price in first year of sale
• 52.95 $

• 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 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 10-15, 10-43, 10-46, 10-49

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Spring/Summer 1939, No.130, page 566. Fall/Winter 1939/40, No. 131, page 654.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2292 models, 1460 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