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Hello Max,
Thanks for your comments. Good advice! I do believe that some years ago I did have that manual.....but seems to me that about 4 or 5 pages in I was so lost that I put the book aside.....again intimidated by the seemingly insurmountable of digesting what was contained within. In later years, and resulting from my love affair with guitars and amplifiers.......and accumulating a collection of old guitar amps in need of repair that shop prices prohibited me from doing anywhere other than at home myself....I ended up buying some of the more popular publications on guitar amp repair. After a couple of years of fumbling through all that, I got to where I could re-cap a power supply, 'tweak' a front end, replace a power or output transformer, and perform basic trouble shooting for simple repairs. About that time I made a decision to re-locate my home....sold off almost all the guitars and amps to help fund a new house....and basically got 'out' of that hobby. Then, about 3 years ago I took up tube amps in home audio thanks to the acquisition of a Dynaco ST-70. Again, my urge to take soldering iron in hand led to what is now a small collection of tube home audio amps of both separate and integrated types. Most have been acquired either broken or dysfunctional, so I give myself some credit for being at least modestly capable in that area. BUT......Radio?......to me, that's another whole area into and of itself! I'm sure there are some basic similarities.....but such can be said for many a comparison.....a canoe to a yacht, a glider to a Jet, a VW to Porsche, etc! And, I do believe that the whole concept of 'radio' involves technology that is completely unrelated to 'audio' in that the signal has to be 'detected' prior to amplification vs 'provided' in the form of a source like a record, tape, microphone, etc. So, this radio project really does have me intimidated! I'd give my eye tooth to have a local mentor.....although I can't express how grateful I am for this place!! AK has been a tremendous resource to me in working through issues on the audio amplification front....and I'm sure VK will provide the same. Anyway.....I prattle on! Sorry!! Again, thanks for the advice! Tom
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