National NC-98, NC-98SW

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

National NC-98, NC-98SW

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

National Company

Date made

1954 - 1956

Valuations

Value

$149.95

General Notes

Note

QST, Apr 1954, inside back cover. Allied Radio catalog 1955 (copyright 1954), p. 188. See notes from National: QST Apr 1954, p. 75. QST, Nov 1954, p. 160. (NC-98SW, with band spread for the 17, 19, 25, 31, and 41 meter bands.) Allied Radio catalog 1956 (copyright 1955), p. 194. Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 2. The NC-98 added a crystal filter, variable selectivity, and an S-meter to the basic NC-88 circuit. It had the same tube lineup and coverage. The NC-98SW model substituted shortwave-broadcast calibration for ham-band calibration on the band-spread dial. References Brief description. Radio News, May 1954, p. 92.