[mikethedruid]

I just got back from my last night of keeping my buddy company watching over the Fall Festival. Last evening, while I was making coffee and filling thermos bottles and making sandwiches, I gave my RCA a test. It is working really well. Broadcast band is filled with signals all across the band, all of them within 1 tick of exactly where they should be on the dial, which is good enough for me. WLS from Nashville came is really strong, and I listened to The Grand Old Opry while I worked. I also checked both shortwave bands. Lots of stations on both ranges, although last evening I couldn't get WWV or CHU. It all depends on atmospheric conditions. I also live within 75 yards of 250,000 volt TVA power lines that go across my pasture, and they affect reception badly. They wipe out a lot of AM during the day. I have made a special vertically oriented antenna which minimizes their effect, and at night, when the draw on those lines is lower, reception is pretty good, despite some interference still. Another thing about the radio that I am very pleased with, the magic eye tube is working perfectly, and it really does make tuning right to the frequency easier.