If you want to get a radio very much like a "farm radio" with same 5 tube setup. Take a look at the many Zenith Universals. They differ in that that have a AC power supply, but will still run on batteries. I have one such example in the Zenith Royal G503 Tip Top (see my avatar). They are very easy to repair, it does have a selenium rectifier which is easy to bypass with a diode and resistor. They do use the 1L6 tube, but should it be bad Surplus Sales of Nebraska has them in quantity. Yes there is the 1R5 but this is not everyday use radio so the 1L6 stays. NSS has all the other tubes these radios have. The 1L6 in my Tip Top was good had it not been I would have replaced it with the solid state version, less money and it works better. I did have to replace all of the other tubes in it but $20 whole dollars, no complaints. What is really interesting to me is I also have tube type Trans-Oceanics.They use the same basic 5 tube setup with a 50A1 ballast tube, and a problematical band switch hanging off of one side of the chassis. if you have a tube type ZTO do yourself a huge favor and replace the 50A1 with a sold state voltage regulator, there are a couple of outfits that make a direct plug in replacement. they get the most out of your 1L6 and at the same time are very gentle with it.