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I love the BC-348, it was my first tube receiver as a young shortwave listener, so I was understandably delighted to find another some years back. This orphan from World War II has always had a place in my radio collection. Generally, once recapped, the sets are quite trouble-free, and make nice workbench or chair side monitoring receivers. So I guess it’s only fitting that something might fail, after all, 70+ years is a long time to go without a problem. So it was that the neat little homebrew power supply inside my pristine BC-348 gave up the ghost this morning, seems the power transformer had a bit of a meltdown. Not sure what was more painful, the part failure, or the horrific smell that seemed filled the ham shack for the day, yikes! A good lesson, never leave tube gear on, no matter how reliable it has been in the past! A few hours, a new transformer, and some time for clean up and this fine old rig will be back in service.