[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 252, Issue 6

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Sat Jan 18 20:35:17 EST 2025


I bought a NCX-5 at an estate sale in 1965. I remember it was only about
a year old. I still have some paperwork from the transceiver because it
had several problems. All the tubes were G.E.
As far as tube value, the final sweep tubes might also be worth a few
bucks.
Pete, wa2cwa
www.manualman.com

On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:39:03 -0600 Mahlon Haunschild
<k4oq.radio at gmail.com> writes:
> In the NCXn-series National originally used either Siemens or 
> Telefunken tubes, so if the original tubes are present it’s not a 
> throwaway.  The only ones of value, of course, are the 12AX7, 12AU7, 
> and 12AT7 tubes (the usual audiophool/guitar amp suspects) and the 
> 7360 beam modulator tube.
> 
> Best regards
> Mahlon - N4ZK



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