[Reece]

The AM (BC band) broacast stations and LW operate off a ferrite antenna which is located inside the carrying handle. All other bands, FM through SW, operate from the whip. At the least the radio is going to need the controls and bandswitch cleaned. They're going to operate very scratchy. I get CRC Electronic Cleaner from auto parts stores. A slight squirt of that followed by a few drops of WD-40 on the contacts and work the controls back and forth a number of times. There are other fancier specialized cleaners but these work for me OK. Don't know how familiar you are with short wave but daytime 12-15 Mc. and up you'll hear foreign broadcasters and nighttime from around 5 to 10 Mc. The meter bands are marked by breaks in the gold lines and numbers. That's where you'll find most foreign broadcasters. You can clip on 10-20 ft. of any wire you have lying around for better SW reception. If the whip is broken off you can clip onto where the wire connects to it inside the case.

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to remove the whole whip assembly, interior part too, and take it to somebody who does silver soldering or brazing. Maybe even a jeweler? This would have to be done carefully and I"m thinking with the chrome ground down to the brass for the repair to "take." With it out of the case there would be no danger of melting case plastic or splattering on something.

I have the original manual that came with my radio. If you PM me a snail mail address, I'll copy and send it to you. Too many pages to email.