• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1936/1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 286936

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6L7 6C5 6K7 6Q7 6G5 6F6 5W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); 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) / Either Transformer 25Hz: 105 to 115V or with taps at 108, 125, 150, 220, 250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Airline 62-249X - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17.75 x 10.25 x 8.5 inch / 451 x 260 x 216 mm

• Notes

• The Airline 62-249X is an AC operated 7 tube BC, Police and SW band receiver.  Has tuning eye and band filter input circuit for BC band.  The Airline model 62-249 is similar to this model except uses a 50-60Hz power transformer.

  Band Frequency Ranges are as follows:
  BC Band (Blue Band)................535 - 1720kHz
  Police Band (Green Band).........1.695 - 5.5MHz
  SW Band (Buff Band)...............5.2 - 18.3MHz

  The same schematic and chassis for this model is also used for models 62-249, 62-317 and 62-317X.

  The Montgomery Ward Catalog number for this model was 462 C 249X.

  This model was built for Montgomery Ward by the Belmont Radio Corp (B.R.C.), Chicago, ILL

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.45 USD

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1936/37, No.125, page 383.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 14 = covering up to late 1942 (C=1944) (Pages 14-53, 14-54 14-124)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Airline Radio Service Manuals 1929-42 Volume I (Pages 697 to 700)

• Author
• Model page created by John Kusching. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2294 models, 1462 with images and 1791 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