Ah, yes! Old radios. I have the Halicrafter that we listened to in the kitchen when I was a kid (am and shortwave). I picked up a few old am radios at my great aunt's home in Connecticut when we were doing her estate, and they sit in intresting little niches in my bookshelves. With those old cloth-covered flexes I don't think I'd ever want to try plugging in any of them. The oddest one is a Kadett Junior "pocket radio." About the size of a thick paperback novel (think Gone With the Wind).

It is my understanding that those vacuum tubes can be repaired, though I don't know if it is worth it or if replacement is still easier and/or cheaper.

SRS