Vintage 1950s National Company NC 66 Vacuum Tube Portable Radio Receiver w/ Manual. National Company Model NC 66 compact, portable, communications-type receiver. This receiver contains 5 vacuum tubes and was manufactured from 1957 through 1961. The amateur bands (160 – 15 meters) are underlined in black and the principal International Broadcast bands are underlined in red. The receiver is contained in a metal cabinet finished in a two-tone neutral gray with chrome trim. The cabinet has rubber feet and a leather carrying strap. The receiver can be operated on 115V ac or dc, battery power, or 220 Vac. Operating on 220 Vac requires the National NC-66/VA220V adapter. The receiver features two built-in antennas – one is a ferrite rod loop antenna for the radio direction finder and broadcast bands. The other antenna is a telescoping rod antenna for shortwave reception. An external antenna for fixed site shortwave reception may be connected to terminal provided at the rear of the chassis. The radio with the telescoping rod antenna partially extended can be seen below. The band switching arrangement allows continuous tuning from 150 kc to 23 mc. Both general coverage and bandspread tuning are provided through 5 tuning ranges. The band coverage is. Radio Direction Finding 150 kc to 400 kc. Band 1 1420 kc to 4045 kc. Band 2 4.0 mc to 11.4 mc. BAND 3 11.0 MC TO 23 mc. The controls on the front panel include. New & Used Products! Pictures of Actual Items You Will Receive! Please Message us with any questions! The item “Vintage 1950s National Company NC 66 Vacuum Tube Portable Radio Receiver” is in sale since Friday, December 17, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Portable Audio & Headphones\Portable AM/FM Radios”. The seller is “rfpawn” and is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.
- Brand: National Company
- Model: NC66
- Band: AM/FM
