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Old 11-22-2017, 12:26 PM
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Nice shack! Reminds me that I oughta get back to building mine soon.
I rebuilt a single bander including testing tubes in a half hour. Not much of a challenge in the resto, but still very fun to use!!

Ham gear is way different than TVs in one regard.....by and large the old stuff isn't as used and abused as we're used to finding, therefore the process of getting it back on the air is pretty easy.

For the most part. I have a Heathkit HW-101 here that someone OVER restored.....all brand new disc caps, every resistor is new, etc. Won't tune up. Found and replaced one dead oscillator coil, but it's not there yet....me thinks that the previous owner screwed the pooch on something during the process and gave up.
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