- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- National Company; Cambridge & Malden (MA)
- Year
- 1946–1949
- Category
- Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 49592
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- alternative name: National Toy Co.
- Brand: Thrillbox
Inserat
radio amateur handbook 1947
By courtesy of William Kendrick, USA
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 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 / 220-240 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - For headphones or amp.
- Power out
- 8 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: NC-2-40D - National Company; Cambridge &
- Shape
- Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 489 x 271 x 393 mm / 19.3 x 10.7 x 15.5 inch
- Notes
- coverage 490 kHz - 30 MHz, band spread in ham bands, AM, CW (BFO);
sometimes table model referenced as NC-2-40DT;
optional NC-2TS table cabinet speaker.
Rider's mention a 6SJ7 in AVC stage instead of 6V6.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 29.5 kg / 64 lb 15.6 oz (64.978 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 225.00 $
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- Communications Receivers
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 15 = 1947 and before
- Mentioned in
- Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.) (The radio amateur handbook 1947)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (July 1946 page 48.)
- 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)