[Arran]

Found another variant on epay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Simplex-Wood-M...2556ecc72f

Same diagram on the bottom.
Terry

Even if the price were 1/10th of that I wouldn't buy from that seller, he has a bad name amongst the catallin fans selling patched and filled cabinets as mint originals, and the repairs were shoddy. Who knows what he did to it. I believe that you may find that the so called shortwave band isn't shortwave at all, it was what they used to call the police band back in the 1930s, back then the broadcast band ended at 1500 KC so the second band probably runs between 1500 and maybe 2500 KC. The chassis of your first set looks quite repairable, some phosphoric acid and 0000 steel wool will take the rust off.
Regards
Arran