[Groundhog74]

Bought an ugly 39-40 at an antique mall for 16 bucks. It was in their "bargain" room. Very dirty and someone had replaced the grillcloth with some 1970's psychedelic couch upholstery. Bought it for parts mainly. Anyway got it home and it worked, so now I am restoring it as I get time. Shortwave band works excellent. AM receives but is very faint, almost inaudible up to around 1300 on the dial then from there on up a couple of very strong stations come in at about medium volume. Haven't had much down time to really get into it. Found the original antenna wire coiled up and laying in amongst the tubes with a petrified rubber band around it. I've had one suggestion to check the broadcast band coils and maybe adjust. I know it needs re-capped, fairly loud hum. The band selector switch seems a little iffy also when switching into broadcast. As soon as I can I'm going to see what I can find in the switch and maybe try tweaking the coils a bit. The thing has really cleaned up nice and I have changed the grill cloth, and polished the faceplate. A little elbow grease and some Old English did wonders for the cabinet. I need the push buttons but I know I can get them. Any other suggestions appreciated.