[Bob Andersen]

1. No, it doesn't and we'll never know why the performance faded then died because I did a lot of work on this radio before powering it back up. That included replacing the three electrolytics, some tubes and all the resistors. The capacitor vanes likely were bent when I unmounted the tuning cap to replace the rubber shock mounts during this second restoration.

2. I think this may be a first for me after several decades of working in electronics both as an engineer and a restorer. I had been using blue bodied resistors and recently switch to the reddish types. Tough to tell orange from red.

3. It's a cap about to be thrown away that just got caught in the photo.

4. It's not potted and it's not blue. That's just some green bubble wrap to keep it from flopping around and some blue heat shrink tubing I put around it.
It's a PZ series Nichicon rated for long life, high ripple current and 105C. I only use top quality components.

5. I rarely pot anything and never a filter cap. Just makes it harder for the next guy to work on.