Amongst other things, some of my plans for 2015 include the following:-

1. Building the Currawong amplifier currently being described in Silicon Chip magazine.
2. To pay for the running of this site, and the expansion of my own collection, I am going to start buying unrestored radios, restoring them and then re-selling them.
3. Write some more articles based on the radios that I restore as per #2.
4. Possibly use some of the said radios as specimens for new Radio of the Week photos.

I may add to this list as the end of 2014 draws nigh.

What's the chassis of the amp Brad? or where are they telling you to get it from?

A kit for the Currawong project will be available from Altronics soon.

The kit will be "short form". The chassis, or plinth as per the SC design, is made of timber that you have to cut and assemble yourself.

I always thought of the chassis as a Faraday cage for at least the discreet components,
but since the amplification is happening in the valves, maybe the cage is more important around the valves themselves when they are present. Then at the same time it's a shame to hide them.

It's easy to learn that everything is an antenna here, I made an aircraft beacon receiver the right way and it works elsewhere, but I can make one here with any audio amplifier, a diode and wire.

This design uses a PCB that sits atop the wooden plinth. It remains to be seen if it becomes an effective receiver under the right (or wrong) circumstances, given the amount of RFI these days.

http://www.futurlec.com/Pictures/Silicon_Chip_Nov_2014_300.jpg.