[KI5OMM]

Thanks all for the kind words! And certainly a big thank you for all of those who helped me with some good advice too.

Today just for kicks I hooked up one of my 550 ft Beverage receiving antennas to the radio. SW is excellent. Very stable with no frequency drift that I could tell. Tonight I listened to a Polish broadcast station for around an hour or so and the audio quality was pretty dang good.

Now it's onward to the cabinet refinish. Now finally I am in my element....I have been a master woodworker for many years. I build high end furniture as one of my hobbies and in fact I have built most of the furniture in my house. I have a small but well-equipped shop and I treasure my hand tools like fine jewelry. Ok - enough of that crap. LOL

Here is a quick photo of my library and desk that I built some years ago. Most of the panels are hand hammered veneer of various woods. I like using traditional hot hide glue for furniture construction and most especially for veneer work.
   

Here is a photo of my ham shack