Montgomery Ward Airline 62-177

[carouselvic]

How would I go about constructing an antenna for this radio? What else can anyone tell me about it. Thanks Victor

 

[LizzieMaine]

The basic antenna in the Era was simply a length of bare 14-gauge copper wire, suspended between two insulators and hung as high and as open as possible, either from the side of the house to a tree or a pole, or between two poles mounted on the roof or in the attic. A lead-in wire would be soldered to the antenna wire, run down the side of the house thru knob insulators to a grounded lightning arrestor, and then thru the windowsill to the antenna terminal on the back of the radio. A second lead-in wire would be run from the ground terminal to a cold-water or radiator pipe, or to a copper rod driven into the ground.

That gives the best results on a set of this -- mid '30s -- vintage. But depending on where you are you could probably get decent reception just by tacking a length of antenna wire to your baseboard, and then running a lead from that to the antenna terminal.

 

[carouselvic]

Thanks, I'll give it a try. BTW the lamps that light the dial are burned out. Could replacements be found at Radio Shack?

 

[Absinthe_1900]

You might look in your area for an electronic parts supply house for the lamps, you'd probably get better service than rat shack.

 

[carouselvic]

Thanks for the reply but I went to RS about an hour ago. It is up and running for now. Thanks