[Rich K.]

I have a bit of a dilemma. The RF amp tube (a 6U7G) in my Philco 38-3XX console sits in a rather odd-looking socket base. THe socket itself is nothing out of the ordinary, but there is a piece riveted to the chassis that looks like a sort of short cylinder with two sides flattened out, and a hole in the top for the tube to go into. I presume that a shield is supposed to go over this cylinder, but it is the only thing of this type in the radio, and a standard round Philco tube shield is too big, and a Philco square shield is the wrong shape. Is a shield supposed to fit over this? It's at the lower left of the tuning condenser in this photo:

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If a shield IS supposed to fit over this, would someone PLEASE post a photo so I can send it to Mark Oppat at Old Radio Parts and get the RIGHT one? BOTH of us are getting a bit bewildered by this thing...