[Ron Ramirez]

I found the escutcheon and dial scale. Man, is this escutcheon warped. I made a scan of the dial glass *just in case* since I see Radio Daze does not sell it. If I don't forget, I'll make the scan available later on, after I've had a chance to clean it up a bit.

But anyway...I can't seem to find the loop antenna. Now I'm wondering if it was missing when I bought the set, and I'm beginning to suspect it was. I've had it for a few years, refinished the cabinet last year before we moved.

So...

I was listening to the set this afternoon when it suddenly stopped playing! All of the tubes and dial lamps remained lit, but no sound...nothing.

Out came the DMM. I started measuring at the cathode of the rectifier tube. -1 volt! I measured the input AC voltage; yep, it was there. I pulled out the tube tester again and retested the 7Y4. Sure enough, it had died the death. And I have no spare 7Y4 tubes.

So...I borrowed one from my 41-230. That brought the 246 back to life.

Mike (Morzh), you will be glad to know that I aligned the IF transformers using the Sencore AM/FM signal generator (set to 455 kc with modulation), and it worked like a champ. I also tried out the AM signal generator function of the Sencore just for fun. Ditto.