[MoraleBuddy]

Thanks for the greeting! The repair shop is providing me with a modern turntable that can do all three speeds.

Mike- the problem with the Garrard is that the motor’s guts have turned to a solid chunk of rust, and the complex mechanisms underneath have lost parts over the years. I would love for it to go to someone who could fix it. And while I’m still not sure I want to keep the Heathkit stuff, it will go to a new home and not be thrown out if I don’t keep it. I’ll probably keep the Preamp and find another amp to run off of it, the WA-4M amp is in pretty rough shape, and (according to the internet) isn’t one of the better kits from that era.

I’m hugely excited about this hobby, my first “career” was stage carpentry, and my current trade is as an electrician, so these radios are a good intersex of my skills and interest!