[Boatanchors] A NC-120 find

[Mark Foltarz]

Typically the plates were removed when the gear was part of a Mars station distribution.

I finished up a RAO 7 recapping earlier this past summer.

The radio performs very similar to my NC 200.

de KA4JVY

Mark





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> From: Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
>To: Boat Anchors List <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A NC-120 find
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>Looking at the references here's what I'm down to
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>Made by National RAO RAO-1 RAO-2 RAO-6 RAO-7 RAO-9
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>Says "National High Frequency Receiver NC-120" on front
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>Has S Meter
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>Two RF's / back porch
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>Has SO-239 Panadapter
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>So it is a RAO-6 S/N between 1 and 200 ?
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>looks like has the add-on box mounting although the box is missing
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>But has the twist-lock power connector that is associated with the
>higher s/n's ...
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>So a mix of low s/n RAO-6, higher s/n RAO-6
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>Why do people take ID plates off specially when not in the way or
>visible .. sigh
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>-pete
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>On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Chuck McGregor <cbmcgr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Pete-
>> I think what you have isn't exactly an NC-120,  but rather a Navy RAO, also
>> called CNA-46187.
>> It is distinguished by the extension cobbled onto the rear of the receiver
>> to house an RF isolation stage. Tags varied  from purchase order to purchase
>> order, but the RAO-2 example attached is typical.  I've attached a partial
>> copy of the RAO-3, RAO-4 manual.  The RAO-2 manual is available at BAMA.
>>
>> Here's a very informative link:
>> http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/NC120RAO.htm
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>> 73,
>> Chuck K7MCG
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Duh .. this should help
>>>
>>>
>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/5824906224870587761
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Pete Lancashire
>>> <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
>>> > I've ended up with a NC-120 for $30 and the cost of a gallon of gas
>>> >
>>> > Sadly one of the things missing the ID plate on the lid.
>>> >
>>> > I've never been up close to one and wonder if someone that has can
>>> > tell me about this one.
>>> >
>>> > What's missing, does not look right etc.
>>> >
>>> > Other comments are most welcome.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -pete
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