[Nathan Slingerland]

OK - so where did we leave off?

Right! Getting to the point where we can power it up on a variac for the first time and see if there are signs of life.
I like to do that before replacing too many components so that I can replace things in testable chunks (reduce the amount of wiring I need to check if I make a mistake).

Filter caps are a must to replace first though. Also that one resistor that measured open.

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I typically use a terminal board - in this case with a standoff - for the filter caps. I know a lot of you guys restuff them, which certainly looks nicer underneath, but I figure somebody (maybe me) will be replacing them someday. And since it's an easily reversible change (I mount using an existing hole) that's what I do.

Here we are with the open resistor and its siblings replaced as well:

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Now it's time to put the tubes back in. All of the tubes that it came with tested good. Yay!

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These look like these could be the original 24 tubes that this radio came with. It seems like there are still quite a few globe 24 tubes around (not so many 80 tubes - mine came with an ST version, so definitely replaced).

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Slowly turning up the voltage....and....we have lift off at around 80V!

So that's great news - it receives a couple of the local strong stations and at pretty decent volume.