• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1931/1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 48592

• • Brand: Airline or Air-Line

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 35 35 27 35 27 27 27 47 47 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 262 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 8 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Minstrel 1355 Order= 662 C 1955 Ch= 62-1955 - Montgomery Ward & Co. Wards,

• Shape
• Console, Highboy (legs > 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24.875 x 44.75 x 14 inch / 632 x 1137 x 356 mm

• Notes

• Tuned bandfilter between RF stage and mixer (1st detector), separate oscillator tube (27). Push-pull audio amplifier.
  Highboy console with stretcher base.

• Price in first year of sale
• 89.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

• Mentioned in
• Rider's 2-15, 2-16

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall & Winter 1931/32.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2291 models, 1459 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