- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- National Company; Cambridge & Malden (MA)
- Year
- 1936–1938 ?
- Category
- Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 49582
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- alternative name: National Toy Co.
- Brand: Thrillbox
NC-100 in operation showing the eye tube
NC-100 top lid open (2 of 2)
NC-100 top lid open 1 of 2
Coil catacomb in the NC-100
NC100 Exterior
ARRL-Handbook 1936
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 12
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Power out
- 10 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: NC-100 - National Company; Cambridge &
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Notes
-
coverage 540 kHz - 30 MHz, AM, CW (BFO);
micrometer dial, switchable coil sets, tuning eye;
comes with 8" speaker with chassis but no cabinet, optional RRA rack mounting brackets, optional DCS matching speaker cabinet.
- Price in first year of sale
- 175.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Communications Receivers
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before
- Mentioned in
- Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Short Wave Craft Sept. 1936 pgs. 278, 302-305
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Le Guide du Collectionneur TSF Biraud/Foster, Vol. I (page 238)
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- The Spectrum Monitor (Sept 2022) pages 63-68
- Other Models
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Here you find 446 models, 285 with images and 189 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from National Company; Cambridge & Malden (MA)
Collections
The model is part of the collections of the following members.
Forum contributions about this model: National Company;: NC-100
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Additional Notes for NC100 that may be of interest:
The model was available with an optional crystal filter. Bandswitching was performed using a moving "catacomb" containing the band coils. There was also an amateur-band only version of this receiver, the NC101X
Bryce Ringwood, 12.Jun.08