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Old 06-22-2017, 06:43 AM
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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That is a very nice looking National you've got there. I restored an NC98 last year (a baby brother to your radio). For a middle-of-the-road radio when new, the National's seem to perform quite well. Yours is a step up in performance from my NC98, but for casual shortwave listening, both are good sets.

Where your model really outshines the NC98 (and even more so the NC88) is in the ham bands. The NC183 was a very desirable model for ham use, and the NC98 being merely "acceptable". I've been told the lower priced NC88 was known as the "No Copy 88" in the amateur radio world.
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