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Hi Ron, what would cause the signal to drop when tuning off a station? Then I would have to turn the radio on/off quickly and it would play again till I tune it again.

Sounds like a partially open coil or bad solder joint. Or bad bandswitch switch contacts.

The *idea* here is that the connection is high resistance or partially open. Voltage from your meter may make it across or the 'surge' from off/on restores the connection. Dropping off when tuning away could be the result of the dropping AVC voltage. A bad detector tube will also do this if there is a high resistance connection at the grid cap. Sometimes resoldering the cap on the tube is a cure.

A good DMM or VTVM will often reveal these problems. A VOM will put enough voltage across the connection so as to mask it.

Good luck - its difficult to find these things sometimes.