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I am really in the collection stage of this building project.  Still looking for a newer 4-1000 valve.  The one that came with the collection is pretty much shot.

I have found a person that is going to wind me a filament transformer.  I found him on QTH.com and  he has promised to make me a 7.5volt 25amp transformer and I should have it in the next 10 days or so.  At a cost of $40 I really felt like it was a bargain.