[Joe Rossi]

Well,  Here are some pics of the battery set up I created.
   
Created a new connector for the B and A battery.
   
Here are the B and A battery set-up.  There are 10 9-V batterys for the B and 2 18650 (3.7v) batteries for the A.  The A box has on on-off switch.
   
And TA-DA, here it is all put together.
   

The battery set up works just ducky.  However...the tuning is annoyingly scratchy below about 900kc.  I have inspected the tuning-cap (with my mag-glass) for any shorts but there doesn't appear to be any.  I tweaked the IF for the strongest signal, which helped overall.  I'm going to shelve this for a while and come back to it.  Frankly I'm tired of it, I've spent more than I wanted on it, and I need to get some patience back.  Thanks for everyones help!  More later.  Joe