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After having some supper I thought of finishing it. I wired in the Hi-V part of the xfmr, field coil, speaker etc, so all was ready....powered it up, the voltage at the rectifier came up slowly but went up to 190V (should be 115). But the radio came alive and I literally had tons of station with just that short pigtail of an antenna sticking out of the chassis.

Then I changed the 6Z4 for another I have, as it was borderline functional and the voltage came to 220VDC at the rectifier.
So....potentiometer is not super scratchy so I am on the fence about cleaning it.

Now we are waiting on that cabinet, Kirk

And I cannot find the knobs. Nor am I sure I had'em. Darn move, I cannot be sure of anything after it.

Well, it feels nice to have something done after 10 months of staying away from the shop.