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The braided ground strap is connected - I'm sure of that. 

As for the resistance measurement, between the wired output lug and the stator being .9 ohm:  I don't know what it should be.  Should it be 0 ohms?  

As for the faint station I received, I am still working without a dial - but you did address something that is going on in my mind:  Was that station simply a multiple of the 460KC?  I think it's quite possible.  When I get a dial, I'm going to try the experiment, proposed by Radioroslyn. 

If this set isn't oscillating, and I don't think it is, I don't know what I'm going to do.  The oscillator transformer windings have continuity, and I have been very meticulous in replacing out of tolerance resistors, and re-stuffing the condenser blocks, as well as the condenser bank. 

The only wiring change that I have made was with the on/off switch and volume control.  The original was a rheostat, and the connected switch was beyond repair.  I replaced it with a switch/potentiometer - grounded to condenser block#7.  The pot is 1 meg, which is larger than I wanted, but that change should not be creating problems with the oscillator.

I'll entertain any/all suggestions.