[gary rabbitt]

Hi Tony,
I have used a universal coil on a Dumont 'picture frame" set a few months ago. It had been robbed from the chassis when I bought the set.

I replaced the 4 termonal coil to the board and it worked just fine.
On your diagram
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...013236.pdf
I see another short coil above the RF coil. Maybe this is part of the original? Or maybe a seperate coil that is on the antenna loop?

Just make sure you ID the leads on the replacement fefore installing.

I see that you tried to find the break in the old coil, good for you. I was able to get lucky a few times and found the break 2 or three turns into the coil. Or found the break right at the terminal. But once you've unwound much of the coil it seems hopless. I have had some that were broke right at the inner side, and rewinding would be out of the question at least for me.

So to your original question, I'd say that the generic replacement would work fine.
Good luck,
Gary.