Bruce’s Bench 2017
Bruce’s Bench 2017 Live To Air – National NC-101X 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...
Live To Air – National NC-101X
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, using...
Like Butter – Installing And Operating the National Coil Rack
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 pleased.
Replacing Coil Housing Bushings – National NC-101X
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...
Better, Stronger, Faster – Or Rebuilding the National Sliding Coil Housing
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...
National NC-101X – Replacing the Catacomb Coil Bushings
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...
A Special Visitor In The Ham Shack Today
No, that's not Clarlize Theron's young sister, but close. 😉 Sure makes that old transmitter look pretty!
Tonight Radio Surgery – National NC-101X
Tonight, Radio surgery. 1937 National NC-101X shortwave receiver. Replacing 80 year capacitors. Four down, seventeen to go. Making ready for another 80 years. - Bruce
National NC-101X Project – Status Update
Progress continues tonight on the National NC-101X project. First real desoldering and parts replacement work. Remove and replaced dry rotted old line cord and chassis feed through grommet. Installed new a three wire line cord, with grounding chassis, for electrical...
National HRO Coil
I’m always intrigued when some former owner leaves his handiwork or mark on radio gear from the past. I recently came across the HRO receiver coil and caught my eye how much effort the previous user had put into making up a logging scale for the set. He must have been...