[jerryhawthorne]

Well, with the big can stuffed and the cap back on, I brought it up again slowly on the variac. Dang if it didn't start receiving my SSTRANS which frankly a crystal set would blow you away. At least it still works like it did at the start of the restoration. Apparently I didn't screw things up on the can. Still distorted and weak on volume. Time now to move on to the resistors and cap blocks a few at a time. I did run my sig gen through the antenna at its lowest output setting and across the AM dial the tone was dead on to the radio reading. Hope the coils are good, sounds promising.

Jerry