Buzzygirl wrote:
Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

My early '40s vintage SX-28 is still going strong, although it needed a
partial recapping. The R-390 hasn't needed anything.

If you wanted to ask about medium wave, my 1916 Navy loose coupler
crystal set still works fine, other than occasionally having to look for
a new hot spot on the galena. ;-)

P.S. Tip for SX-28 owners--watch out for the coupling capacitors on the
6V6 grids. If they go and you don't catch them in time, they could take
out the (replaceable) 6V6s and the unobtainium output transformer.