This is a Johnson Messenger 323A. A friend had this stored away, then wanted it repaired after a long break from use. It was unbelievably clean, in the original box, was in the original plastic bag with no scratches, etc. The mic head had been removed for some reason, and there was no rf output.
I repaired the mic, troubleshot and replaced the RF final, reconnected the modulation limiter, and gave it a full alignment. This is like a new radio, a time capsule back to about 1976 :-)
I last mentioned this back in 2011, and am still using it. It's a cool program to help with Awards hunting, and it's free. It was written by David W5DJT, and still being updated and maintained by him. It's super handy and easy to use for WAS, WAC, DXCC, County Hunting, 10-10, RAC, etc. If you have any issues, want something added, etc, you'll find David at his email listed on QRZ. His website is W5DJT.com . Here's a short video...
This is a 1951 Zenith 7H02Z table radio I restored for a friend. It was cosmetically a bit rough, and had numerous electrical issues: intermittent I.F. transformer, bad electrolytics, several out of tolerance resistors, dirty tube pins, 1 bad tube, bad chassis grounds, etc. Once that was all resolved, it was brought up on a variac, a full alignment, and was playing nicely.
Cleaning all the nicotine from the cabinet was a task, but that and polishing turned out great. I had to paint the speaker grill and polish the Zenith badge. Overall, this restoration was a success. Here's some pics and a few videos...
