Very nice starter radio. Look in the library for an older
radio repair book, most 50's radios are the same design so
it will help you along. Most use the same 5 tubes & are
called "all American fives". Yours is FM so it has a few more.
Other essentials IMHO are:
Isolation transformer preferably with built in variac such as
a Sencore "power right"
A GOOD digital meter such as a fluke, beckman etc.
A good soldering iron & soldering gun.
If you get into it there are some other things that
are nice but not essential.
When you are done you will have a radio that is better than
any of the pure junk made today. It will easily live 100 years
more with just minor repairs.
73 Zeno
