[markmokris]

Hey Ron,

I have the decals.  They will go on as soon as I can elevate this radio from shelf-queen status .

Oscillating?

Here is where I am at.  I think (I think) the radio is oscillating.  I can pick up three very strong local stations at their appropriate spots on the band, though quite faintly.  I have about 15 feet of antenna wire hooked up.

Also, I use my signal generator connected to the antenna terminal and I can "walk" the signal clear across the band starting at 1400 or so downward.  I inch the signal down, tune it in, inch it down some more.

Right about 830, after a thud, the radio goes quiet, and I assume that is where the oscillator drops out.

But for the life of me, I cannot pick up the oscillator beat in a small transistor radio that I hold right up to the 36 tube.  Could it be that it is not oscillating and I am somehow picking up the signal with no conversion or mixing going on at all?  Do you think it is oscillating?

Antenna Coil

I have been working under the assumption that the antenna coil (2) is good, because I have continuity on the correct pins.  However, when I make the connection in RED below with a jumper (bypassing the antenna coil), the signal gets quite a bit louder.  Still not right, still faint, but stronger.  Does this mean the antenna coil is bad, and I should be rewinding it?

   

I feel like I am making progress, but who knows?


Mark