National Panasonic RF-5000

[mr_fixer]

I love that radio, i bought one from a Nashville Radio Club member about 9 months ago, mine had the same problems. The problem was the band selector switches are supposed to have a rubber bumper which dampens them when they pop back up after you select another band or the off switch. well after 30+ years they squish, degrade or fall out. then the switch travels too far upward and no longer make contact to allow the next band to work. if you are having trouble on say, sw4 gently barely press the button of sw5 or sw6 and see if that band comes back to life it could be all the way up to the fm button. I used small pieces of surgical rubber tubing to replace the bumpers.
Is that a RF-5000 or 5000a with the BFO and fine tuning? Logan
PS here's a few pics on mine, It has the door and charts, but the FM antennas are broken