[mikethedruid]

Did final tweaking of the alignment tonight. I am rather pleased with this radio. It definitely outperforms both my Philco 66 and my 38-10. It is also a noticeable improvement over the SW-54. The BFO works very well, and I had no problem listening to hams on SSB on the 40 meter band. I could pick up WWV on both 5 and 10 MC. I could pick up lots of regular shortwave stations too in the international bands between 5 and 7 MC and the ones between 9 and 10 MC and 11 and 12 MC. Despite a lot of hash from the power lines I could pick up several stations on band 2 between 3.5 MC and the top of the band. The regular BCB was very good. WSM 650, Nashville, came in quite clear despite the hash, and above that where the hash fades out I picked up 700 WLW from Cincinnati, 710 WOR from New York City, and even 740 CFZM, Zoomer Radio in Toronto Canada ! Things continued just as well right on up the dial, 1510 WLAC, Nashville and 1530 WCKY in Cincinnati both came in very clear. I'm quite happy with the results. Now I just have to put the radio back in its cabinet, put back the fiberboard back, and it will be all done for another half century or more. It is actually so good I may use it for a daily driver for a while.