[jcassity]

powered up each spare tube one at a time and found one bad.

as to the humm, i was wrong,, the hum does not go away when i am on a station, its still there... its just low enough to sorta wash into the stations reception so to speak.

Moved wires around a little with a non-conductive tool to listen to an audible differece and there was none.
placed a metalic shield over the 7AF7 , no benifit other than it seemed stations came in a tad better.
sank a 10' copper clad gnd rod and sourced the radio ground here, did not take humm away


i have a couple tubes that i will never use, if anyone wants them.

not sure what to do about the slight hum i have on shortwave only,,

troubleshooting repairman guide says that a hum will occure if the C209 is open,, i had 19vdc on one side and 0v on the other so its certianly not open,,, C209 is grounded on one side.