National NTX-30

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras. K9OCO: Note module (at right) for use with a single crystal.
Image: Joe Veras. K9OCO

Note module (at right) for use with a single crystal.

Name/Title

National NTX-30

Description

HF CW AM Transmitter

Category

Transmitter, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

National Company

Date made

1938 - 1942

Valuations

Value

$117.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Oct 1938, inside back cover. Lafayette catalog number 78, p. 152. The NTX-30 provided 30 watts of crystal-controlled output on the 80 through 10 meter bands. A 6L6 oscillator operating on 80 meters drove a series of doubler 6L6s on the higher bands. A pair of 6L6Gs in parallel served as the final amplifier. It was a stand-alone CW transmitter that could be put into AM phone service with the addition of an external speech amplifier/modulator. Available in table top or rack mounting versions. References National's notes, QST, Nov 1938, p. 75.