[Jamie]

   

Stripper time! Do-dah-dah-do 8) (sung to the tune of Hammer Time!)

   

While the stripper is working, I think I will check the tubes. I always check the tubes as soon as possible. That way, if I need to order a tube, I'll have it before the radio is done.

More good news! Every tube in the radio is good, except one - the ballast tube. (Second radio like this that I've done, and both have bad ballest tubes.) Even so, isn't it amazing how tubes are so incredibly tough? This radio is trashed and abused, yet the tubes are good.