Hello Richard:

Repair of a radio, using what is available and by a method not envisioned by
the designers grants you a free pass to call yourself a true ham for one
more year.

You get a special award of merit for applying that much effort to a radio
that is not good for much, other than to get it running as intended then
putting it back on the shelf.

I hope I can one day apply that much energy into my WERS transceiver, which
transceives on 112 mc, more or less.

Good work.

Colin K7FM