[TheGorper]

As far as #4 the Oscillator issue goes.....

I replaced the resistor with the 7500 Ohm resistor and it didn't make a big difference.

So next I pulled and baked the coil as directed, which helped the radio to pick up stations across the dial correctly without cutting out as it was before.

The antennae being connected or not connected doesn't seem to make a huge difference in receiption, but placing my hand over the coils does.

Does anyone have a recommendation for finding or obtaining a signal generator to try and conduct an alignment?