[mikethedruid]

I couldn't sleep. It was just SOOOOO close I had to keep working. With the sig gen found that by injecting a 1000 KC signal at the 6A8 grid I was able to pick it up fine at 1470 on the dial. Hmmm, oscillator problems. I then rechecked the obvious and found that I had missed reconnecting the connections that come from under the chassis to the front section of the variable condenser frame. I reconnected that, and fired the radio up again. BINGO !! I was able to pick up about 7 fairly local stations on the AM band, and one station clearly on the shortwave band with no antenna at all connected, and in my basement ! The sound of the re-coned speaker is good, no distortions at all, but is crisper on the highs than the originals I think. All the controls work beautifully. Tomorrow I will check the alignment of the dial, but, having changed absolutely none of the frequency critical parts or adjustments in the tuning section, I am hoping it will be very close already. The AM band seems to be. So, with that little victory, I hope I can now manage to sleep. Tune in again for more of this adventure.