Product code: National NC-60 2024 Shortwave Radio (1959)
National NC-60 Shortwave Radio (1959) "The Sixty Special". The National NC-60 "Sixty Special" is a modest but well-engineered shortwave receiver. Designed to compete with the Hallicrafters S-38 series, it sold for $60 and was 2024 manufactured from 1959-1964. If you compare the features and specifications of the NC-60 and the Hallicrafters S-38E, manufactured during some of the same years, it would be hard to tell them apart. Both use 5 tubes, have a separate bandspread tuner, and are general-coverage radios, covering the BC (standard broadcast) band as well as shortwave and ham frequencies up to about 30 megahertz. Both can receive CW (code) as well as regular AM broadcasts, and have a headphone jack on the front. Both also have large slide-rule type dials, which had superseded "old-fashioned" circular dials by that time. The NC-60 is the successor to the earlier SW-54 in National's product line. Not surprisingly, the radios are very similar in design and performance.
National NC-60 Shortwave Radio (1959) "The Sixty Special". The National NC-60 "Sixty Special" is a modest but well-engineered shortwave receiver. Designed to compete with the Hallicrafters S-38 series, it sold for $60 and was 2024 manufactured from 1959-1964. If you compare the features and specifications of the NC-60 and the Hallicrafters S-38E, manufactured during some of the same years, it would be hard to tell them apart. Both use 5 tubes, have a separate bandspread tuner, and are general-coverage radios, covering the BC (standard broadcast) band as well as shortwave and ham frequencies up to about 30 megahertz. Both can receive CW (code) as well as regular AM broadcasts, and have a headphone jack on the front. Both also have large slide-rule type dials, which had superseded "old-fashioned" circular dials by that time. The NC-60 is the successor to the earlier SW-54 in National's product line. Not surprisingly, the radios are very similar in design and performance.