[NostalgiaRadioTime]

Thanks, Mondial. I will try those things tonight. Just got home from work and have a few other chores to take care of before I get down to the workshop.

When I take a gator wire from the antenna clip to the grid cap on the 36 tube I get one station, between 600 and 700 on the dial. The rest of the dial has a buzz that gradually gets louder until you get to 1000, with squeal and motorboating around 900. Then it drops off and around 1100 I get the same station again that I do at 600, albeit more faintly. Funny thing is it's a religious station out of Atlanta, GA! A far cry from just north of Milwaukee. We have a powerful station in town located at 1470 that I normally can pick up on my radios even with the volume all the way down! I can't get it on this 89.

The only thing that makes the dial more functional is when I hook the gator wire to the plate of the 36 tube. It almost acts like an antenna.

What would be really helpful is if someone with a working set that took a picture of the bottom of the chassis before they put it back in the cabinet could post it here. It would at least give me something to compare connections on.

Thanks again for your help. Will let you know what I find.



What I'm thinking is the primary I rewound on the RF coil may be causing a problem. Possibly there is a tiny gap between the windings. I would imagine the windings have to be as close together as possible for it to work properly.