[Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay

[jeremy-ca]

I spent several months with the Norwegian government setting up training, 
installations and maintenance at several locations. That included 
Spitzbergen!

Carl
KM1H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <ebjr37 at charter.net>
To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; "Greg Mijal" 
<bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <national at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay


> 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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