Thanks Reece,
I can't wait till I have time to dissect it, and see how everything works. If nothing else, I'm excited about the learning adventure.
Sandy, I hear ya, when I was a kid, I loved messin' around with the "old" stuff my Dad had lying around, and the Hallicrafters S-53A was used a lot at night with the phones when I was sposed to be sleeping. I think I still have them up in the attic. Gotta dig'em out and come up with an antenna.