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WOO HOO!!  Check it out:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2i1fbB...sp=sharing

I hadn't completed the alignment procedure and after looking at the remaining steps I decided they were probably pretty important in relation to the problem I was having.  Here are the alignment steps from the Sam's Photofact
   
I did step 1.  Steps 2, 3, 4 are for shortwave and I didn't continue on and do steps 5, 6, and 7, which involve adjusting the caps for the AM antenna coil and the AM oscillator (403A, C415B, and C415A in the schematic I posted in post 100)...pretty important.  I made this loop and suspended it inside the radio's loop antenna for these steps.
   
So now I get about 6 stations, but I have to have the volume all the way up to make them listenable.  I'm going to continue trying to improve the alignment but if that doesn't improve the volume I'm going to have questions about how to fix that.  But for now, I'm smiling!

Rich