National TV-7W

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Seeing a National TV-7W on ebay got me thinking it was about time I took a closer look at mine.

I got it from the Elli Buk auction last spring sandwhiched between a Clifton and bakelite Emerson.



I suspect it was that very heavy Emerson that caused the top to mush down and front to pop out. Hopefully, it can be jacked up, glued and clamped back in place.


I'm pretty sure only the fine-tuning knob is correct. I suspect it will be very hard to find a full set of correct knobs.


There seems to be two versions of this set. This being the early with series string tube filaments, logo above the screen and no holes for a magnifier.

The only good picture I could find online was from the ETF



Here's an example of the other version.


I'm pretty sure that's a homebrew back.


It kinda looks like two labels were removed and this one applied.


Two fuses are a nice touch