[morzh]

Things been keeping me from anything significant to have been done to the radio for now, and i am off to Italy (taking my daughter there) on 19th.
So, considering some of the action is gated by me re-melting the tar and pouring back into the transformer, I decided not to do anything potentially dangerous (burns on feet etc) that could hinder the trip (of course anything is possible: I had what I think was some stomach blockage last Sun/Mon whichwas about to put me through the emergency room but then during the last moment I had some epiphany and did something that...let's just say, resoved the situation within minutes and I did not go. Last time this happened 6 years ago and they were very insistent on cutting me open).

Hopefully, if all works out, and I then actually return from Italy (which hangs on several conditions, one is if I want to do this, the other if I can do this, which requires me to stay alive and out of trouble) - then I will resume all those mildly unsafe practices that follow any hobby like this one.