Info on Zenith TransOceanic R-7000

[centaurus3200]

i have a pretty clean Royal 7000 from 1968 (at least that's the copyright on the pull-out manual).

does anybody know where i can download the full user manual? or at least tell me about the following:

1. what does BFO do?
2. does it have vernier tuning (kind of a bitch to dial in some stations exactly).
3. best times to listen to certain shortwave stations from around the world. as well as your favorites. i live in oakland, ca for reference.

any other cool things i should know of?

i LOVE looking at this radio when i go to bed (pics from associated spread are where it sits on my night stand). without the radio, my wife and i would have never found KYOU 1550 AM. it's "open source" radio, meaning, i think, pod casts from around the world. wanna hear polish rap? south african punk, etc,? they got it!

see my thread here:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthr...=trans-oceanic

thanks,
Robby