[Boatanchors] Check out this radio on Ebay

[Revcom]

I saw one once, and sure -looked- nice.  Appears was basically a
NCX200 with half of a NCL-2000 tucked in there.

Have an NCL-2000  that is HEAVY!

Rod
K0EQH


----- 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 6:23 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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