Note
A few notes: QST, Jul 1938, page 67.
Lafayette catalog number 73, p. 107.
QST, Nov 1938, inside back cover.
Lafayette catalog number 78, p. 147.
QST, Nov 1940, p. 83. (NC-44A)
Lafayette catalog number 82, p. 117.
NC-44: AC-DC
NC-44A: AC only
NC-44B: battery only
National introduced the budget-priced NC-44 in 1938. The company’s ads labeled the seven-tube superhet as “inexpensive” rather than “cheap” and promised better performance than competing receivers in the price range. To save pennies, National’s engineers used iron-core RF transformers, a consumer-grade tuning capacitor, and less-expensive coil forms.
Coverage: 550 kHz to 30 MHz