This was one of the best Short Wave radios ever made ,Zenith was a leader in the consumer end of this going back to the 1930s.
1981 was the last year of the line ,some people still own and listen to a Transoceanic they bought in the 40s.
They would fold up into a nice well made box that had everything you would ever need to use this Receiver.
The case was aluminum and the antenna would fold out as high as six feet makeing it receive more stations than some base units in its time.
This is a 7000 , the one i have i bought in 1983 and i never have had to do anything to it except clean it off.
Zenith stopped building them because they were to labor intensive to produce in this form.
They were always built in the USA ,and the one i have cost me $137.40 , in a Navy PX.
One in excellent condition can run around $60.00 ,but they are fast becomeing a collectors item.
They are solid state , and some that are still NIB will be coming up for sale later next month from a place in Nevada where they were stored in a building all this time.
A Radio with all the features this one has today would be a Grundig costing over $ 300.00 or more.
Its a great receiver if you want to just listen and are cramped for space.
This is my Hammerlund ,XM-180 ,it was the Serous Short Wave Transceiver of its time ,1960 , it can take about any signal no matter how faint or static ridden and clear it up like it was next door.
This is a Hallicrafter SX-122 ,it is the receiver portion of a set ,some Ham Radios were sold as sets , i also have the Transmitter to this Radio with consecutive ser. numbers.
Radios like this are only going up in price ,for the Hallicrafter set i was offered $5,000.00 from a Man in NJ.
So looking around sometimes you may want to keep this in mind ,Antique Radios have been becomeing a fad for the last 20 years.
It isn't unusual for someone to buy a Zenith black Dial for only 50 bucks then sell it for 1500.
