National Radio Company
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1914 |
| resolution | 1991 |
| Seat | Malden, Massachusetts |
| Number of employees | up to 2500 (around 1944) |
| Branch | electronics |
The National Radio Company was an American manufacturer of radio receivers for professional and military purposes as well as the amateur radio service . Its headquarters was located in Malden ( Massachusetts ).
history
Founded in 1914 as the National Toy Company ( German "national toy company" ), the assortment of was a toy soon on household goods expanded what the name change to National Company, Inc. a result. Less than ten years later, the product range was gradually expanded to include radio receivers. At the beginning of the 1930s, the then modern pendulum audions of the SW-3 and SW-5 types were particularly popular with radio amateurs . A high point in the company's history came around 1935 with the appearance of the state-of-the-art shortwave receiver National HRO (picture)
This radio receiver was ideally suited for military applications as well as being very popular with radio amateurs . Different models were created, from the HRO Junior , which cost 99 dollars, to the HRO Senior , the HRO-M and the HRO-5, to the post-war model HRO-60 (picture) , which at 745 dollars was considered exorbitantly expensive at the time. The devices were manufactured in quantities of over 10,000. Among other things, they were used by the British radio monitoring service ( Y Service ) during the Second World War to eavesdrop on enemy, especially German, radio traffic.
Even after the war, the company continued to flourish for several decades until economic decline set in at the end of the 1980s and the company finally had to be dissolved.
Web links
- A Brief History of the National Company at QSL.net (English)
- National Radio Company Tour at PrismNet.com (English)
- Products of the National Radio Company under PrismNet.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the National HRO in the Western Historic Radio Museum at radioblvd.com (English), accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ A Brief History of the National Company at QSL.net (English), accessed on August 9, 2019.