On 18 Jun 2009 at 14:43, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
  Why bother?  You can't find any AM music from
20's anyhow.
 More and more I find out about old Radios the tubes are the parts that
 work the best.  It is the old CAPs that you have watch out for, and
 the  mechanical parts. I tossed two old radios since the dial cords
 broke as well as other major problems. 
Actually, it seems as if NEW caps are just as bad if not worse.
Chinese capacitor disease seems to be a pandemic.
--Chuck