[Boatanchors] National SW-3 Coil Forms Wanted

[Leland Bahr]

Good for you, Bill, in not wanting to highly modify your radio project.  
I cannot for the life of me understand how a ham would want to take a 60 
year old radio and then add a toaster or bread slicer to it.  Guys 
wanting to add a digital display or clock are examples.  They totally 
destroy the experience of using  these fine old radios.  Or the guys 
butchering a radio to add a vernier tuning unit or adding giant out of 
place knobs to their radio. That's like buying a model T car and wanting 
to install a digital dashboard to it.

Lee, w0vt


On 9/1/2022 11:13 AM, William Cromwell wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> There are a lot of reasons besides 'nostalgia' to not modify the 
> radios. I was hoping somebody might be ready to sell some surplus 
> coils, too. What I have in mind to fabricate would not be mistaken for 
> original equipment but would fit the existing sockets. I started on 
> that project several years ago but I got sidetracked by family 
> matters. I can't find my notes - including measurements of the pins 
> and their spacing. I do have all the winding specs from National :) I 
> want to get started soon but right now 'the pattern is full'. I have a 
> pair of coils that cover 160 meters and one pair of bare forms.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>