National HFS

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

National HFS

Description

VHF Receiver / Converter

Category

Receiver, VHF, Receiving Converter

Made/Created

Manufacturer

National Company

Date made

1948 - 1953

Valuations

Value

$142.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Apr 1948, inside back cover. Allied Radio catalog 1953 (copyright 1952), p. 41. The HFS covered 27-250 MHz using six sets of plug-in coils. It was a super-regenerative receiver that could also be used as a tunable VHF converter ahead of a communications receiver. An Internal/External switch connected the 10.7 MHz IF output to a separate receiver and disabled its own detector and audio stages. An external power supply was required. References National's Notes: QST, Apr 1948, p. 73. National's Notes: QST, Oct 1951, p. 79.