[Boatanchors] Question about National SW-5 receiver

[Whitebear1122]

I am trying to figure out a National receiver that I bought many years ago.  I’m looking at an SW-5 but this one has a tear drop dial, not the tall rectangular dial of the typical SW-3.  It has the Jackson Bros label on the lid, a big NC faintly visible on the cover.  I’m just surprised at the tear drop because I thought that was specific to the Lafayette version that Jackson Bros built.   At first I thought it was a Lafayette but Don N9OO has one and said his Lafayette has round interstage transformers and sent me an old article showing the round transformers.   I’m getting this radio ready to sell.

My National collection is getting smaller these days as I continue to sell off radios. All that’s left are this tear drop SW-5, my other gorgeous SW-5, a SW-3 Model III with the octal tubes and front panel B+ switch and headphone jack, an FB-7, and HRO5TA-1.

Thanks, 73, Scott WA9WFA