[klondike98]

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Brought the set up to voltage slowly with variac and the voltage on the 200uF cap went to 8.1 v so all OK there I think.  I got a bit of static on the speaker but nothing tunes in and I get no tone when I put the signal generator on 455kc with modulation to pin 1 of 1LC6 (converter) and the radio tuned to 600kc (step 1 o the alignment procedure).

Voltage measurements around the tubes were:
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The tubes should all be good, I just got them from Bob Dobrush (and I find my tube tester has the same disease that sam's does in that it seem to fry the filaments for these when I test them    )  .  The "unstable" label means I'm seeing the voltage jump around on the digital meter, never getting a stable reading.  I do get an increase in static when I put the meter probe on the plate of the det. amp 1LD5 to get that unstable reading.

I'm not quite sure what to look for next.  Any thoughts???

[edit-this post was updated to revise the voltage chart after Terry helped me sort out the ILD5 Det. Amp voltage problem.  so voltage are reasonable but still no tone]