This old Lafayette HE-30 is the receiver I wanted as a 14 year old Novice in 1964. My dad bought me an HE-10 (they look like a Japanese version of the S-38) for my birthday the year before, and it was great for SWL'ing, but when I passed the Novice exam, I soon learned about topics such as selectivity in a hurry! I juiced up the HE-10 with a homebrew crystal filter and a homebrew 100kc calibrator, but I really wanted the HE-30. No way to buy one with money from a paper route, so it was after I began driving and could get a better job before the HE-10 was replaced. By that time, I had found an Hammarlund HQ-170 for sale by one of the local hams at a good price and grabbed it. I never did get my HE-30. Until now!

Luckily, the HE-30 has the original manual with it. Unluckily, it didn't work when I bought it.

So, it's replace the electrolytics and paper caps, re-tube where necessary, and hope that's all that's wrong with it.

Update: I got distracted by the DX-35 and haven't finished the re-capping or taken any photos for you. I did find some interesting info about the radio on a Japanese fellow's web site but the translator made a mess of the text, so I've got to get some help there.

Update: Finally finished the re-capping and lo and behold she takes off and I'm listening to shortwave broadcasts! The power supply electrolytics even re-formed nicely and there's no hum. Mr. All-thumbs broke the dial cord though, so the alignment touch-up will have to wait.

Update: A good friend in the two-way radio business generously agreed to do the alignment and now it's (almost) good as new. Next step is to pair it with the KT-390 transmitter I bought on Ebay and work some CW contacts.

As a kid reading "Understanding Amateur Radio" by the ARRL, I thought (and still think) this is a great reminder.

Remember, with the voltages used in this equipment, it's Safety First!!