[Techman]

It works. Absolute Radio on MW and Radio 4 on LW, plus a few shortwave stations, mainly on the 25 meter band - the turret tuner needs a bit of a giggle to get good contacts, but it always was like that until it had been given a clean. Volume control had to be set at full, so batteries probably sagging under load. It was already switched on when I fitted the batteries, so it sprung straight into life - I always leave switches in the 'on' position when not in use. However, I've just switched it off and now it won't switch back on again, so perhaps the switch contacts have finally failed altogether - I remember that they were getting pretty bad the last time it was used.