Well, last night I hooked up the R7000 receiver and tried it out. That thing is a serious receiver. Its going to take me about 6 months to figure out how to use all the features. Then I hooked the Variac up to 125 volts and measured the AC output voltage and it was adjustable from 1 volt up to about 160 volts. Then I cleaned all the grime off of the Midland SSB CB. I hook it up later and give it a try. He told me it still works, so that would be nice if it does. I still need to Ohm out the antenna switch to make sure all the outputs have continuity. Oops, its 8:30. I better get off of here and warm up the HF rig for the TAPRN(preppers) net at 9pm.