RadioBanter - View Single Post - National NC-155: Common or Uncommon?

June 4th 06, 01:55 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors

in article et, David
Stinson at wrote on 2/2/06 8:56 AM:

How often does one see a National NC-155?
Decent receiver for a boatanchor?
Photos at:

Dave its pretty common on eBay -

Very nice looking but a poor SSB receiver - AM sounds good but S Meter does
not work on this mode - just on SSB - Can't turn off AGC on CW - All this is
on the fuction switch and you could re-wired it to make it more "user
friendly".

Product detector is produced by using a crude LC circuits - not more
expensive (stable) crystal based circuits - Envelope dectector is a simple
IN34a diode.

National only made this baby for just two years (1961-63) which shows you
just how well they were selling.

Overall I'd say it was about in the same class as a HEATH HR-10B -

I got mine off eBay and sold it on eBay a month later - Nothing wrong with
it - it's just not that good. On the other hand I bought a NC-190 off the
bay 3 years ago and I still have it. It's a MUCH better receiver plus it
does SWL as well.

Best receiver of this time period is still the Drake 2B -

Biz WDØHCO