It's an entery level receiver same as mine but if you were a 12 year old kid with one back in the day you were the envy of the neighborhood! I happen to have the factory owners manual for it.
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One of their marketing ploys aimed at the newbie starting off was to say tune in Casto and listen to what that Son of a b is saying. This was to counter earlier media claims that by owning one you could qualify as a communist. Most evenings Radio Havana still broadcasts at 6.000Mc and that one if working well enough would pull it in just fine.
To this day there remains something of a rogue thinking among short wave broadcast. The vegan flat earthers, ultra left wingers, neo hardliners, faith healers, unlicensed pirate operators on the run from the FCC, and all other sorts of snake charmers. Very much still the dark web of the airwaves.
There's more than plenty of solid vintage rigs to be had on eBay. Collins, Hammurland, Drake, Johnson, Hallicrafters are only a few. It all depends on what you like. As with most hobbies it can draw cash fast. Just set of new tubes alone can start at 150. and that is before the restoration work even begins.
It was rare that Daddies prized stuff got tossed away. One of the larger factors when making a choice is overall condition. Much of it was moved over to the barn where the rust and dreaded silver mica disease would take over. Good general rule is if there it's rusty on the outside it's rusty on the inside.
