07-02-2021, 12:50 PM
After checking the general health issues and a bit more switch cleaning, the radio seems to work nicely on full mains without "dropping out" like before (while the Candohm allows..). A connection patched a connection through to the outdoor aerial "long wire" allowed for a bit of play-time. With this setup, it really came to life on medium and short wave, and sounded rather good, even with the speaker just lying on the bench.
I don't hold with furniture that talks.