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That sounds very cool, Dale! If this was my radio I’d run with the Burgess art. It’s pretty neat to wrap a “battery” in original art!

On this one, I returned it again today. I just couldn’t get the switcher quiet enough so did go with the LM317. It was a world of difference. A switcher might work but probably needs to be in a shield or something. It was always night and day between the switcher and a solid linear regulator or bench supply. The big advantage was it just dropped out fast without much sag.

But with the LM317 it sounds great. We listened to it a little and on the internal antenna it works great and he was pleased. He’s wanting to ground it and add an antenna on those back panel screws. It was pretty beat up but his grandad’s.

And thanks to all for the insights and information!

Just a glamour shot… ?

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