[Groundhog74]

Yeah, I think I'm hooked too. So far it's all good. Not too much outlay of cash, it's something I can do thru the winter to keep from going insane, the wife's kinda into it as well cause we go to antique shops together again like we used to years ago. If I get too many I can alway sell off a few. There's always something to fiddle with so I don't spend nearly as much time cruising the channels on the tv like before. I'm up for retirement in a few years..it'll be a good hobby then too. Right now I've got a wedding to help pay for (I thought the groom's parents got off cheap???) then I'm going to start ordering the caps and tubes I need for all these things. Looking for a tube tester and a signal generator. No big rush, just keeping my eyes open. I have access to a tube tester for now that I can use almost anytime, but it'd be nice to have one at the house. The guys I know who are or used to be in the hobby tell me I have to pick a brand, or type to stick with or I'll go crazy trying to keep up with all of it. I kinda enjoy the research and learning about the different brands, company histories etc. But I am sticking to strictly am or am/shortwave tube sets 1930's on up. No transistor stuff, nothing with a built in record player, no 1920's stuff, etc.