[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] NC-100 restoration project

[Craig Forbes]

Ian, If someone wants to contact me on my phone they should send a text
message. I lost the ability to speak several years ago do to Lou Gehrig's
disease.
 Email also will work.
Thank you

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:24 PM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:

> If anyone would like a restoration project, contact Craig directly at his
> phone or email below.
> 73, Ian N8IK
>
>
>  I had hoped that someone would want it. Service manuals for it are
> available on the Internet. I can give guidance on how to implement the
> cascade input stage using a 6ds4 or 6cw4 NUVISTOR triode. I have a pair of
> 6cw4 NUVISTOR tubes to go with it.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 10:13 AM Craig Forbes <drybilgeltd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Ian. If anyone wants it they should contact me by a text
>> message at 517-290-8610 or at my email address drybilgeltd at gmail.com
>>  I live in Alexandria VA on Custis Ave
>>  Thank you
>>  Craig Forbes
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 9:51 AM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can ask at the club meeting Friday if you want.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 09:49 Craig Forbes <drybilgeltd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you Ian, but I am not physically able to go there for the same
>>>> reason that I am not able to repair this radio.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 8:09 AM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Craig,
>>>>> I appreciate the offer but I have neither the time nor space for it.
>>>>> Too many other projects in the queue!  I bet you could find a good home for
>>>>> it at the Vienna Hamfest this Sunday!
>>>>> 73, Ian N8IK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM Craig Forbes <drybilgeltd at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian, I have a very old National Company NC-100 RECEIVER that I need
>>>>>> to dispose of. Would you like to have it. It is in ruff shape and needs a
>>>>>> lot of work.
>>>>>>  When I was a teenager a neighbor gave me a similar model- the
>>>>>> NC-100ax. It had the crystal phasing filter. It wasn't until late 1937 that
>>>>>> National Company started putting labels on their equipment for the model
>>>>>> number. Mine did not have a label. Without a model number how to get
>>>>>> service information was a problem.
>>>>>>  But now because of the internet and by looking at pictures I know
>>>>>> the model and found the diagram plus the tuning charts. I had made an
>>>>>> improvement or two. The front end is now cascade, triode-pentode. I used a
>>>>>> 6ds4 nuvistor triode feeding the 6k7 pentode. In 1980 what I went back into
>>>>>> the Navy , it did not fit into my seabag so I had to get rid of it
>>>>>> Would you like to have the NC-100?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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