Dave, i thought you just moved the cap from from switch contact to switch pole, so it didn't recharge every time you went to transmit. That isn't enuff ?.....

That was it, Hue. So many years and so many memories "leak" into each other or just fall out of my old ears. Another reason for documenting which I rarely have the self-disipline to do correctly.

IF the set covered 40 without alignment trick i would be in love with it, but 80 band just does not interest me. So that means my interest in WW2 "combat tactical" equipment, that is, <6 MHz, has ebbed in favor of skywave equipment.

-Hue Miller
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I found it would double in the final to 40 meters without any trouble, and made contacts, though I don't remember how much power out. 5-7 watts rings a bell. Mine tuned the bottom of the 40 CW band- I don't remember if I "fudged" the Osc. or not.

Have you seen the "complete, NOS" 474 with accessories on Ebay for $3000? The more those of us near or in retirement watch our money decay away, the more desperate they seem to be to get silly money for their toys,
the market for which collapsed years ago. Kinda sad.

If you ever want to sell or trade for those 474 canvas pieces,
I'm certainly interested.
All the best,
Dave AB5S