[JMS] National SW-4 for Trade

[GARDGORE at aol.com]

I recently acquired  a National SW-4 with coils in the original cabinet 
which was previously  owned by a prominent collector in MA who was also a 
member of the AWA  and NEARC clubs. I have known of the existence of this 
particular  receiver for about 15 years but it was the crown jewel of his  
collection and he was not about to let it go until just recently. FWIW the  receiver 
also won a blue ribbon in one of the contests but  the gentleman is 
advancing in age to the point where he decided to  sell off his collection. Even 
though I had already found another SW-4  several years ago I went ahead and 
bought this one too because of  their scarcity. I thought an SW-4 might make a 
good trade item to have  on hand for those instances where cash is 
sometimes not enough to make a  transaction happen. According to a copy of an old 
letter I have written by James  Millen who was general manager of National at 
that time, the company built  less than 300 SW-4's in 1929 before it was 
obsolesced by the SW-5  model and less than ten SW-4's are currently accounted 
for. I am interested in  trading for either a National NSM modulator or a 
National LRR knockdown  style table rack. The NSM is the companion to the 
NTX-30 transmitter  and the LRR is listed in catalog as the optional rack for 
the AGS-X  receiver system. The LRR stands precisely 35" tall and can be 
identified by 3/4"  wide top and bottom horizontal cross members with two slotted 
truss head  screws at each end. Additionally it displayed the  standard red 
and gold National decal in the center of the top cross  member. I am not 
looking for any of the other National racks such as  those supplied with 
either the HRO or the RAS which are fairly easy to  find. Below are pictures of a 
recently acquired complete AGS-X system which  shows what the LRR rack 
looks like. I have everything to  build another AGS-X setup minus the LRR rack.  

Regards,  Greg 

 
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