[Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay

[Sandy]

Never saw that one Carl!

I have worked on many HRO-500's though.  They were popular on Norwegian 
ships for a while.  Worked well whe  they were working.  Aligning the 
"Wadley-Loop" type oscillator was VERY touchy and you could almost never 
make the adjustment "hold" for a long time so that it would lock when the 
band was showing fully thru the window!  The transistors eventually became 
"unobtanium".  The PW dial back plate stops liked to break off easy when the 
Radio Operators gave them a spin close to the end of the scale.

73,

Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
To: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>; 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <national at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay


> Oh yeah, the NCX-1000. Nationals final lemon.
>
> I was on the design team for that but left National before it was 
> finished.
>
> It was the final example of Nationals big is better boatanchor mentality 
> at a time when the market wanted smaller packages.
>
> Solid state, complicated to work on, and no optional filters to at least 
> make it useable on CW.
>
> Poor dial calibration at a time when 1 Kc readout was expected in the 
> higher price range gear. Digital readout was planned but the NCX-5 
> assembly was "too expensive" and the cheap National 200 dial was used as 
> well as the flimsy 200 style cabinet.
>
> Transistor sockets made them easy to swap but gave the same intermittent 
> problems as the HRO-500.
>
> If only management had listened to the market surveys that were done, 
> listened to the engineering staff, hadnt been on the edge of bankruptcy, 
> etc, etc, it might have been a great rig. But chaos ruled, engineers were 
> bailing out regularly in frustration and it was a patchwork final product.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: <national at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:10 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay
>
>
> Want to see a cool radio on Ebay?
> There are transceivers and then there is this behemoth.
> Comments Carl?
>
> Check this out: 360036772850
>
> 73's
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston NC
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