by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
Live To Air – National NC-101X finally back together tonight newly installed coil rack, with the bronze bushings and fabricated band indicator. Slides like it’s on glass, super smooth and low effort. Listening to the melodious tones of the old Gray Hair Net,...
by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
National NC-101X. Testing the newly installed coil rack, with the bronze bushings and fabricated band indicator. Slides like it’s on glass, super smooth and low effort. Very...
by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
Here’s the solution to the sliding coil deteriorated bushing problem on the National NC-101X shortwave receiver. Unlike that other National products with “plug in” coils, like the HRO, the early NC-100 series use a “catacomb” coil assembly that slides inside the...
by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
National NC-101X Project – Update Fabricating a new band indicator became a necessity since spare parts for a 80 year old radio are just not something you can find at your local Radio Shack, if you can even find a Radio Shack. So the old sheet metal, aluminum...
by W1UJR | Sep 16, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
While this is for the 101X, most it likely applies and hold true for any of the National moving coil products. What had occurred to this unit, is that the plastic bushings had been brittle, loose and broken over the last 80 years, the coil became unusually binding...
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