[Ron Ramirez]

Back at the workbench (finally).

Success.

And there was nothing wrong with the antenna coil.

If you refer to the schematic (see post #2, page 1, this thread or post #71, this page, this thread), take a look at the junction of C8, R2 and R19.

I made a stupid wiring error. I blame the chemo.

(seriously - I have found that chemo does interfere with my thinking for over a week after a treatment)

Anyway...I had connected the right end of C8 to the bottom end of R2 instead of where it should join with the upper end of R2 and the left end of R19.

I also worked some more with the rotor plates of the tuning condenser. Yes, they were bent. One end had been hit with something. I managed to straighten it all out.

Then, I hooked up an antenna and connected the T7-5 speaker, and the set came to life!

And it is now working across the dial from one end to the other, on all three bands. It picks up several stations, even though it has no RF stage. Of course it is nighttime now, so that does make a difference on the AM band.

I still need to replace that tone control, and give the set a full alignment. Then it will be finished.

Alignment tomorrow. Tone control...whenever I can come up with one. I'll check with Willbur, then Mark.