[Jayce]

I've gotten a chance to tinker a little bit more with the Westinghouse AM-FM radio I stumbled on yesterday and so far it's turning out to be a good radio. I checked all the tubes in it, which also gave me a chance to give the Sencor "The Hybrider" checker I bought a couple months ago a good test and all the tubes checked good with only the 50C5 worn down some. Even the original 12DT8 checked good, but the radio still seems to prefer the RCA tube I stuck in it yesterday. Although the radio uses a circuit board, it seems fairly roomy and the radio doesn't seem to hold excess heat in the cabinet. From what I can tell, there isn't much to go wrong as most of the capacitors are ceramic discs. Seems all that will need to be replaced are the selenium rectifier, the filter caps, and there are two other small electrolytic caps on the board. No signs of SMD and that little multi cap (can't remember it's name) seems okay. The only real issue I had was the band switch that, although didn't sound dirty, was very fussy until a couple of cleanings. I think I'll use this radio until I get my Zenith C845 finished and then get this one done. It plays pretty well for a virtually untouched 1960's Westinghouse. I do notice you want it really good and warmed up for weaker FM stations unlike my Zeniths which are good to go as soon as you get sound.