[tubenutt]

Bill, that's the Mario I'm referring to, indeed! I loved to chat with him when he was over on A.V.'s forums! Hey, keep your head down. it's HURRICANE season!
I've been mightily tried today. I finally got all the cans of maggots out of this set, or so I thought.
After unravelling the oscillator problem, I turned the set back on a few minutes ago to check its night-time reception......nothing again!
Again, I used the click method starting at the wiper of the volume pot and worked backwards. And AGAIN, I got nothing out of the RF coils. Not that dropout crap again, after I cobbled together a sheild system out of a Goat shield. I could solder to the shield, but not to the old shield ring. So I soldered a thingie (that's what I call solder lugs) on the wire and found a screw to mount it to.
Anyhow, I digress! It wasn't osc dropout at all... The RF tube (39/44) somehow blew its filament out! I don't have another that isn't buried by 2000 or so other tubes. The only sub for a 39/44 is a 39 or 44! **si-i-i-i-i-i-igh**
No other radio here uses one either. So I'm DONE tonight. I'll dig tomorrow. At least, this way, I'll have a front-end full of NOS stuff. But there goes 2 of my hot-branded (pre-1938) used Philco tubes! Well, the 42 was an RCA double-circle logo tube any way.
These are the times that try man's soles(pun intended). I'll get back on it tomorrow AFTER I've seen my VA shrink!!
I dug a whole bunch of tar out of my bench trashcan for tar to make ME some of that toner...that is unless you WERE pulling my leg about it. I had that tar crap all over again. Did you know that laquer thinner leaves an oily residue on your hands? I don't use WD-40. Whatever happened to WD-39??
Yeah, instead of picking the nits out, I'm putting them right back in just as fast! **si-i-i-i-i-igh** This thing is completely silent again. MAKE MONGO ANGRY!!! (think Blazing Saddles)
Nice picture, Bill, except for the ugly guy in the white shirt! (he quickly ducks)