• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1939/1940

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48524

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 35L6GT 6AB5 35Z5GT

• 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
• AC/DC-set / 117 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)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 93WG-605 Order= P462 C 605 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12.1875 x 7.375 x 6.5 inch / 310 x 187 x 165 mm

• Notes

• BC (528-1730 kHz) and TROP (2200-6500 kHz) bands. Built-in loop antenna.

  Colours and material:

  Model 604:  Brown Plastic Finish

  Model 605:  Ivory Plastic Finish

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 12-53, 12-54

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1939/40, No. 131, page 651. Spring/Summer 1940, No.132, page 532.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2290 models, 1459 with images and 1787 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