[Gonset] G-76

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I couple weeks ago I picked up a Gonset G-76 with power supply on eBay. 
It looked very clean, as the chassis was even shiny. The cabinet and 
bezels were a bit scratched up. Anyway, I took it apart, and was amazed 
how clean it was inside. So, brought up the power with the old 
Variac...no smoke...in fact..no nothing. None of the toggle switches 
worked!  Got out the old Deoxit, cleaned switches, replaced toggles, even 
had to clean the power connector pins.

Now I had power. I let the electroytics form. After a day or so, I had 
sound from the speaker.

Then a big step....will it transmit? Dummy load, and gave it a try. YES! 
tuned up nicely.  Realigned the VFO, and listened to the signal on 
another receiver. Amazing, no hum, and it sounds like good old AM!

Anyway, am doing cosmetic work now, painting the bezels, etc. The rig 
seems to be working great. I have a few spare tubes, but oddly, the tubes 
were OK, once I cleaned the pins/sockets with deoxit.
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