[Ron Ramirez]

I'm thinking it could be a coil problem - either the antenna or oscillator coil, or both, have gone bad. Common ailment in 1928-1936 Philco sets. If the set has been recapped and if going through it reveals that all connections were made properly according to the schematic, then the coils would be the next thing to look at - assuming, of course, that the tubes are good.

You got a bargain on that 57C. These, and the lookalike 54C, usually sell for $60-80 and up on eBay. I don't know what the appeal is, but people seem to really like these little sets. I recently acquired an empty 57C cabinet; I have a poor 57C chassis with no power transformer, missing a tube socket, and missing its original speaker. Now the challenge is to acquire these parts and try to turn this parts chassis back into a working chassis.