[Boatanchors] FS: NATIONAL NC173

[K0DAN]

FS: NATIONAL NC173 General Coverage + 6M receiver, without speaker, good
condition, $75 O.B.O.

I'm helping a friend-of-a-friend find a good home for this cool receiver. I
have no stakes in it myself, other than to help the owner link up with a
boat anchor collector who will give this fine receiver some T.L.C., operate
it, enjoy it, and keep it in his collection. The seller received it from the
original purchaser, an engineer, now SK. He does not want to see this unit
resold on the auction sites for a profit. If you can respect these wishes,
please read on.

This is overall a relatively clean National NC173. The case of the receiver
has no metal dents, but  has some rust (?) or mold/fungus (?) which seems to
clean up pretty well with 409 cleaner. Inside, it looks dusty but relatively
clean. It has been tested and receives WWV on 5 Mhz. The receiver has had
the line cord replaced with a 3 wire grounded cord. Has all original knobs.
We are unaware of other mods, repairs, etc. Other than the above, we don't
know anything else about it, but it appears to be in relatively nice shape.

The receiver is not in my possession, so I am the middle-man for the
descriptions & photos. If you are interested, please email me off-list and I
will send you photos and what other info I have. The seller STRONGLY desires
that this unit be picked up (Kansas City area), however professional packing
+ shipping + insurance are options. If you've done this before you can
probably estimate the costs. The weight, unpacked, is about 50 pounds. If
you wish to purchase the unit I will put you in touch with the seller, and
you can work out your own arrangements. Payment by USPS money order (sorry,
no PayPal or other electronic means).

Everything described here is as accurate info as we can provide, ditto the
photos, however unit is offered as-is.

Please let us know if you have any interest!

Thanks and 73,

Dan
K0DAN
k0dan at arrl.net

NC173 SPECS
Made in USA, 1947-1950
13 tube, single conversion, superhet
Coverage 540 kHz to 31 MHz + 48-56 MHz
6 position selectivity
AM/CW